Dionysius of Halicarnassus was born before 53 BCE and went to Italy before 29 BCE. He taught rhetoric in Rome while studying the Latin language, collecting material for a history of Rome, and writing. His Roman Antiquities began to appear in 7 BCE. Dionysius states that his objects in writing history were to please lovers of noble deeds and to repay the benefits he had enjoyed in Rome. But he wrote also to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the 20 books of Roman Antiquities (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first 9 complete; most of 10 and 11; and later extracts and an epitome of the whole. Dionysius studied the best available literary sources (mainly annalistic and other historians) and possibly some public documents. His work and that of Livy are our only continuous and detailed independent narratives of early Roman history. Dionysius was author also of essays on literature covering rhetoric, Greek oratory, Thucydides, and how to imitate the best models in literature. The Loeb Classical Library publishes a two-volume edition of the critical essays; the edition of Roman Antiquities is in seven volumes.

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THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
OF
DIONYSIUS OF HAUCARNASSUS
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DIONYSIUS OF HALIGARNASSUS
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CONTENTS
BOOK VI
BOOK
INDEX
(CHS. 49-96)
VII
1
145
383
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OF
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
VOL. IV.
AIONY2IOY
AAIKAPNASEQS
Pf2MAIKHS APXAIOAOriAS
AOroS EKTOS
XLIX /O
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ov
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KaraTToXepirjdevTes
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^
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rjv, TTplv 7) rcov dXXcDV rt SiaTrpd^aadaL ^ovXrjv
KpaTrjs
i
ovyKaXeaavres
^
^
1
rrepl ttjs
KadoSov tcov
re added by Reiske.
Seurepa? Lapus, Sylburg
For chaps. 49-69, 3
cf.
:
e'^So'/xi;?
Livy
ii.
Sr^pLOTLKcov
O.
32, 5-7.
THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
OF
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
BOOK
XLIX. When
^
VI
the time came for
them to assemble
to elect their magistrates, and no one
either sought the consulship or would consent to
in the field
^
accept
offered, the people themselves chose
it if
two
among those who had already held this
magistracy and who were acceptable to both the
consuls from;
people
and
the
aristocracy,
namely
Postumus
Cominius and Spurius Cassius, Cassius being the one
through whose efforts the Sabines had been conquered and had resigned their claims to the leadership.
This was in the seventy-second Olympiad,^ the year
in which Tisicrates of Croton won the short-distance
foot-race, Diognetus being then archon at Athens.
Upon assuming office on the calends of September,
earher than had been customary with the former
consuls, they convened the senate before attending
to any other business and asked for an expression of
*
The Campus Martius.
'
491 B.C.
xxix. S.
For
Dionysius' chronology see Vol.
I.,
pp.
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
Aeyeiv
rj^lovv
rjuriva
SidvoLav
e;;^et,
rrpaJTOV
TrapaKaXovvres avhpa rjXiKias iv rfj
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dX\(x)v 8ia(j)ep€iv, pLaXiara S' eirl rfj Trpoaipeaei
a7TO(f)'qvaadai,
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nparreiv eTTLTpeTTCov, ^Aypimrav M-ev^vtov
os
€7TL ras StaAAayds' rrjv ^ovXrjv Trape/caAet raSe
Xeycov
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3
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ols
Se
^
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Srjjjiov
koX
ex^iv,
StaAAayats'
fxrjhel'S
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piT],
6p,a>s riv ^
ravra TTpov-
KeiTO [xovov OKOTTelv, hi oXiyoiv dv vpuv iS-^Xcoaa
4 Xoyojv d ^povoi). inel Be Kal avro rovro tlv€S
OLOvraL ^ovXrjs €tl Selv, irorepov rjpuv dpueivov iart
avpL^ijvac Trpos rovs dcfiearrjKOTas
rj
TroXepielv,
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pdBiov elvai puoi Si' oXiyr^s SrjXcocrecos o ri
Xprj TTpdrreiv TTapaweaai, dAA' dvdyKT] hid TrXeiovcov
StSctfat Xoycov rovg irpos rds StaAAayd? aXXorptcos ^
e^ovras vp^Cov, on rdvavria avp^Treidovaiv ol ye *
hehiTTeaOai fxeXXovres ^ u/xds" rd (f)avX6rara tcov
XaXeTTcov Kal paStas ej^ovra rds enavopdcoaeis
oppoihovvTas rcjv p-eyiarcov re Kal dvidrcov
KaKwv^ drrepLOKeTTTCJS exovat.. Kal rovro TreirovTjyovpiat,
added by Pflugk.
1
Se
*
oficos
Biicheler.
^v
BC
:
o/Moae re
AD,
ofiois
Jacoby,
o/noAoyTf/xaaiv
The readings of the MSS. are corrupt, and the
sentence seems complete without these words.
' Kiessling : iXXots 0.
BOOK
VI. 49, 2-4
opinion concerning the return of the plebeians.
first senator they called upon to declare his
views was a man, then in the maturity of his age,
who was looked upon as a person of superior wisdom
its
The
and was particularly commended for his political
he pursued a middle course, being
principles, since
inclined neither to increase the arrogance of the
aristocratic party nor to permit the people to have
their own way in everything namely Agrippa
—
Menenius. It was he who now urged the senate to
an accommodation, speaking as follows
If all who are present, senators, chanced to be of
the same opinion, and no one were going to oppose
the accommodation with the people, but only the
terms of it, be these just or unjust, on which we are
to be reconciled with them were before you for
consideration, I could have expressed my thoughts
to you in few words.
But since some consider that
even this very point should be a matter for further
consultation, whether it is better for us to come to
an agreement with the seceders or go to war with
them, I do not think it easy for me in a brief exposition of my views to advise you what ought to be
done. On the contrary, a speech of some length is
necessary, in order to show those among you who
are opposed to the accommodation that they
contradict themselves if, while intending to frighten
you by playing on your fear of those difficulties that
are the most trivial and easily corrected, they at
the same time neglect to consider the evils that
are greatest and incurable. And they have fallen
Reiske ^ kox 0, Jacoby, koX Kiessling.
Sylburg ^e'AAovras 0.
KaKwv Reiske iKavuig O, Jacoby, iTaficis Kat Kiessling.
* ot ye.
^
^
:
:
:
5
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
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TO (svix<j)ipov, aAAa dv[xcp Kal /xavta. ttcos
yap av ovroi Xeyoivro Trpoopdadai tl rfj hiavoia
Trap
5 KpiveLV
Tcbv
-x^prjaiixajv
hvvarcov, oiTiveg VTToXafx^dvovaL
rj
r'qXiKavTiqv ttoXlv /cat roaovrcov Trpayfjidrcov Kvpiav
irrii^dovov re Kal XvTrrjpdv rols rrepLOLKOLS
yiyvofievqv rj St^a rov SrjfjiOTiKov Svv^aeaOai
KaT€)(€LV T€ Kal aa)t,€iv TO. edvT] paSiws, rj erepov
rjSr]
eTTOL^ecrdai Srj^ov dvrl
OS
avrols
rov TTovqporipov Kpeirrova,
TT-poTToAe^T^CTet
re rrjs
dp-)(r\<5
Kal Kara.
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Kal ev TToXefiois ^ eavrov fxerpLov ; ovhev yap
dv erepov k)(OLev elirelv S incrrevovres d^LcocrovaLV
vjjLag /jir] he-)^eadaL rag SiaAAaya?.
L. " 'Q.V eKdrepov oarjs earl fieorov evT]deias,
i^ avrwv vfxds a^tojcraiyu,' dv eycoye rcbv epyo)v
eipr^vrj
on
OKOTTeiv, evdvfXTjOevras
VfJids
Siacrraaiacrdvrayv rrpos
rcov raTTeivorepcov Sid rovs ovre TroXiriKcos
ovre jxerpicos rals drvxtats ;)^p>7cra/x€vous', Kal
VTTavaxcoprjadvrcov^ [j,ev e'/c rrjs TToXeojs, aXXo Se
pnqhev vpbds heivov pirjre €pyal,o[Jievojv fx-qre hiavoovaAA' COS" StaAAayi^croi'Tat ;^a»pts" ala^vvr^s
aKOTTOvvrcov, dyaTrrjrws Se^dfxevot ro avfx^dv dnd
rrj? rvxTjS ttoXXoI rdjv ovk ev Siavoovfxevcjv Trpos
fjLevojv,
aveirrepojvrai rals
Kal rovrov
yvcofjuais,
oiovrai a(f>Lai napeZvai rov evKraZov Kaipov ev a>
Vfjids
2
KaraXvaovaiv v/xoiv rrjv dp^'qv. AlkovoI [xev ye
Kal OvoXovoKOL, Ha^LvoL re Kal ro 'KpvLKCjv
ware 0, Jacoby.
Kara noXefiovs Grasberger, Jacoby.
^
ro Hertlein
^
ev TToXefxoi.s
^
\mava\oipyiaa.vruiv
:
:
Bb
:
napaj^wprjoavraiv
ABa.
BOOK
VI. 49, 4-50, 2
this predicament for no other reason than
that in judging what is expedient they do not use
reason but rather passion and frenzy. For how can
these men be said to foresee in their minds any
course that is profitable or possible, when they
imagine that a state so powerful and mistress of so
extensive a dominion, a state that is already becoming
an object of hatred, and a cause of offence to her
neighbours, will easily be able either without the
plebeians to hold and preserve the subject nations
or else to bring some other people into the commonwealth, a better people in place of one most knavish,
who will fight to preserve their supremacy for them
and will live with them under the same government
into
in
profound quiet, behaving themselves with
self-
restraint in both peace and war? For there is no
other possibility they could name that would justify
their asking you not to accept the accommodation.
L. " How utterly silly either of those two expedients is, I would have you consider from the facts
themselves, bearing in mind that since the humbler
citizens grew disaffected toward you because of
those who treated their misfortunes as neither
fellow-citizens nor men of self-restraint should, and
withdrew, indeed, from the city, yet neither are
doing to you, nor have any thought of doing, any
other mischief, but are considering only by what
means they may be reconciled to you without dishonour, many of those who are not well disposed
toward you, joyfully seizing upon this incident
presented to them by Fortune, have become elated
in their minds and look upon this as the longdesired opportunity for breaking up your empire.
Thus, the Aequians and Volscians, the Sabines and
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
edvos, TTpos ra> /zT^SeVa XP^^^^ e^aiperov TT€TTOvr\adai rod ^ Trpos rjfxds TToXefxov, /cat roZs evay)(os
KaKois Svaavaa^erovvres Xr^arerjovaiv ^ Tjfxcjijv rovs
aypovs. YLapLTTavias 8e koL TvpprjVLas oaa evhoiaarcos rjixlv SiaKeLfieva ^ StareAet to, fiev Ik tov
(f)avepov a^LGTarai, to. 8' a(f>ava)g TrapacKevdl^eraL.
8oK€L re ovSe to Aarlvojv avyyeveg en jSe^aioj? *
rjjjuv Si,afjL€V€LV cf)iXLov els
rovTov
TToXv
jJLepos
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3 ot Se
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rjs
^
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/cat
epcort
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yXi-)(ovTai
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evSov
TeL)(i]p€LS
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re
ttlgtlv
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^
Kady^fxeda,
auAd?
yfjv
re
darropov
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arreXavvoixevrjv /cat depdirovras avrofxoXovvras
ovK exovreg 6 rt xRV^ofieda rols /ca/cot?.
raura Trdaxovres en htaXXayiqaeaOaL Trpos
/cat
/cat
"^fids
' ro SrjixonKov, /cat ® e(/»' t^/xiv vrrdpxov
elhores evl KaraXvaaadai ij}r]^Lajxan rrjv ardaiv
eX7nt,op.ev
LI. " Ovroi he KaKctJS exovrcov rjfuv raJv vttovSe rd evros retxovs Setm rjrrov ean
<j)o^epd.
ovre yap d)s 7ToXtopKrja6fji.evoi rrapeaKevdaidpicov
Ofxeva
fiicov
TTeXarai /cat
^
TOV added by Reiske.
XjiaTcvovoLv Sintenis
*
to? Trpos
:
h-q^Kvovaiv 0,
SiaKeineva Kiessling rifian/
Sintenis ^i^axov 0, Jacoby.
rHilv
ovre
:
Si^oucrti'
d<l>elfieva
Reiske.
0.
:
'
TTicTTtc
*
evSof
:
:
TTXrjdei
rouavra ttoXcovk d^Lop,dxov
S'
oAtyof /cat
ro TrXelov ean SrjfjLoriKov, drjres /cat
;^etpajva/CTes", ov ttow ^e^aiOL rerapay-
*
^
(TU/XjU.ap^tKa
ecrfxev
rod
eOvT],
TrXrjpcofiaros
8
rd
ttoXXov
e/c
avroi aTToxpdJvres
TTvariv Sintenis,
Jacoby.
yevoVcj'oi Kiessling, fitvovres
Jacoby.
BOOK
VI. 50, 2-51,
1
Hernicans, who in any case have missed no opportunity to make war against us, being now exasperated also at their late defeats, are plundering our
fields.
As to the parts of Campania and Tyrrhenia
which have continued to be doubtful in their allegiance
to us, some of them are openly revolting and others
are secretly preparing to do the same.
Not even
the kindred race of Latins, as it seems, longer
remains steadfastly loyal to us, though it entered
into relations of confidence with us, but a large part
even of this people is reported to be disaffected,
succumbing to the passion for change which all men
crave.
And we who used to besiege the cities of
others now ourselves sit at home, pent within our
walls, having left our lands unsown and seeing our
farm-houses plundered, our cattle driven off as booty,
and our slaves deserting, without knowing how to
deal with these misfortunes. And while we suffer
all this, do we still hope that the plebeians will
become reconciled with us, even though we know
that it is in our own power to put an end to the
sedition by a single decree ?
LI. " While our affairs in the open country are in
this unhappy state, the situation within the walls is
no less terrible. For we have neither provided
ourselves with allies well in advance, as if we expected
to be besieged, nor are we, unaided, sufficiently
numerous to resist so many hostile nations and even
of this small and inadequate army the greater part
consists of plebeians
labourers, clients, and artisans
not altogether trustworthy guardians for a tottering
;
—
—
'
Reiske
*
Kttt
:
iXmlovres O.
deleted by Sintenis, Jacoby.
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
apLOTOKparias
fievqs
fjioXiat,
crvvex^ls
rrpos
re vvv avro-
at
(f>vXaKes.
avrcov
rovs
dcftecTTrjKoras
ro av/XTrav vttotttov elvai irapeaKevdVTTep diTavra 8e ravra rj tcov €7tlt7]S€lwv
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rrjs
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hiavoiais edbv TroXe/jLos. diravra 8' ^ vTTep^dXXei
rd heivd * yvvaia tcov dTToararcov /cat TratSta v'TjTria
yfjs
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/cat
dyopdv
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(f)0^€L
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iXeeivdis
/cat
^
ttjv
/cara
arevcoTTOvs KXaiovreg, cKerevovSe^ta? e/cacrrou /cat yomran',
dTToXo^vpofxevoi ttjv Kar€)(ovaav avrovs /cat ert
jxdXXov Kade^ovaav iprj fiiav Seivrj /cat dwrrofiovrjo?5Seis'yow iartv ovraig (hfios rov rpoTTOv
3 Tos" oj/rts".
OS ovK dvarpeTTerai ttjv ^v)(rjv opcov ravra /cat
res,
tous"
/cat
aTTTOixevoL
7rda)(€L
ri
irpos
rds dvdpcoTTCov ruxo-s.
tScrr
et
dTTiarws ® npos to SrjfxorLKov ex^iv,
diraXXaKreov ripuv /cat ravra rd aw/xara eKTrohcov,
fxeXXoLfiev
rd
p,€v u)S dxp'Tjcrra et? rroXtopKLav ecro/xeva, to, S'
cu?
ov hiapievovvra ^e^atco?
(f)iXa.
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hk ' /cat TouTcot' rt's" tj <f)vXd^ovaa rrjv ttoXlv ert
Xe L(f)d'qa€r ai SvvafXLS ; 7] rivi TTiarevaavres eVt/cou-
pia
TO,
8etm
roXfJujaofiev
VTrop.€.V€LV
ot/ceia 'qp.cbv Kara(/)vyrj /cat fiovq
;
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jxevroi
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rj
TCOV TTarpLKicov aKpufj, ^pax^la eariv, coairep opdre,
ri ovv
/cat OVK d^LOv Ittl ravrrj fxeya (f)pov€iv.
10
re ABb (^o^elrai Ba.
Kiessling: ^St; Ai/idc O, Jacoby.
added by Portus.
^
(f)o^€i
*
-t^h-q
*
6'
:
BOOK
aristocracy.
VI. 51, 1-3
Moreover, the continual desertion of
now
to the seceders has rendered all the rest
liable to suspicion.
But more than all these things,
the impossibility of bringing in provisions while the
country is in the power of the enemy already terrifies
us, and when we are once in actual want, will terrify
VIS still more ; and, apart from this, the war allows
us not a moment's peace of mind. Yet surpassing
all these calamities are the wretched wives, the infant
children, and aged parents of the seceders wandering
to and fro in the Forum and through every street, in
these
garb and postures of mourning, weeping,
supplicating, clinging to the hands and knees of
everyone and bewailing the forlorn condition that
pitiful
afflicts
them now and
will afflict
them even more
a dreadful and intolerable sight
No one, surely, is
of so cruel a nature as not to have his heart touched
at seeing these things, or to feel some sympathy for
the misfortunes of his fellow-creatures. So that, if
we are not going to trust the good faith of the
plebeians, we shall have to get rid of these persons
also, since some of them will be of no use while we
are under siege and the others cannot be relied on to
remain friendly. But when these too are driven away,
what forces will be left to defend the city ? And
depending upon what assistance shall we dare to
encounter these perils ? Yet as for our natural refuge
and our only trustworthy hope, the patrician youth,
they are few, as you see, and it behooves us not to
let our spirits rise because of them.
Why, then, do
!
SeiAd (or Sei'Aata) Naber.
*
Setva
^
Trept.cf>€p6fievoi
^
amoTois
>
hkG:
:
:
;
Cobet, Jacoby.
Jacoby.
irfpi(f)9etp6p.evoi
aoTreiarios Reiske,
^ AB.
II
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
ol Tov TToXe^LOV VTToyLeveiv elarjyoviievoL Xrjpovai /cai
(/)€vaKL^ovaLV
aiv
rj^as, aAA' ovyl ^avepcos" Trapacvov/cat
dvaLfjLCDrl
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€-)(dpols tJ^t) rr)v ttoXiv
ttovov
TTapaSiSovat.
rots
;
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Xeycov Kal rd purj Seivct d^ico SeSteVai* rfi TToXei 8'
ovhkv erepov TJSrj ttov KLvSweverai 7} jxera^oXij,
TTpdypia
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,
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dv
rjfuv
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elahe^aaOai yevoiro. tovtI yap
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rjhri
evrjOeias coare
yvcofxas elaiqyeiadai acorrjpiovs, aAA'
ei5;^as"
fxrj
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oBwaTOVs , ovs rjheois dv epoifirjv rrota jxev rjpZv
Xpdvov hodrjoeTai rrepiovaia rrepl ravra rd -npayfxara yLvofievois ovrojs eyyvs ovrcov rfj TToXei
rdJv exOpdjv ;
rroia he avyyvcLpnq rep )(^povicrp,(p Kal
eXevaopevcov au/x/xa;^^^, ev ov
^povil,ovaiv ovSe pieXXovai heivols ; ris 8' o Trape^cov
rfj
ixeXXiqaei
rcbv
ro dG(f)aX€s dvrjp -^ deos Kal Kard rroXXr^v rjovxio-v
avvd^cov eK iravrds roTTov ^ Kal TrapaTre /juJjcov Sevpo
rrjv eTTiKovptav ; eVt Be Sr^, ol rds eavrdJv Trarpihas
^
cKXeLifjovres Kal rrpds rjfxds peravaarrjaopLevoi rives
^
e^earia
Kal
eaovrai; irorepov^ ol
olKrjaeis re Kal
piovs Kal r6rip.da9ai irapd rots rroXlrais 8ta Trarepcov
Kal
€7Tt.<f)dveiav r) So^av olKeias dperrjs e^ovres ;
rls dv VTTOfxeiveLe rd oi/ceia TrapaXnrdjv dyadd rcov
^
"
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*
12
ovx ol Reiske ovxl 0.
Gelenius Tponov AB.
Steph. oiTives AB.
Jacoby mTepa 0.
:
:
:
:
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who propose that we submit to war indulge in
nonsense and deceive us, instead of openly advising us
to deliver up the city at once to our enemies without
bloodshed and without trouble ?
LII. " But perhaps I myself am infatuated when
I speak thus, and am asking you to fear things that
are not formidable. The commonwealth is very
likely threatened with no other danger as yet than a
change of inhabitants, a matter of no serious consequence and it would be very easy for us to receive
into the body politic a multitude of labourers and
For this is the
clients from every nation and place.
plan which many of the opponents of the plebeians
keep prating of, and these by no means the most
unimportant of them to such a pitch of folly, indeed,
have some already come, that instead of expressing
salutary opinions they utter wishes impossible of
realization. But I should like to ask these men What
superabundance of time will be afforded us to carry
out these plans when the enemy is so near the city ?
What allowance will be made for the tarrying and
delay of our auxiliaries who are to come, though we
are in the midst of perils that do not tarry or
delay ? What man or what god will grant us security
and will without molestation get together reinforcements from every quarter and conduct them hither ?
Besides, who are the people who will leave their own
countries and remove to us ? Are they such as have
habitations, families, fortunes, and the respect of
their fellow-citizens because of the distinction of
their ancestors or a reputation for their own merit ?
And yet who would consent to leave behind his own
those
;
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clpijvrjg
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/cat
ro reXos.
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fxijre
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aurou vrj Ata tou
avrovs ihd^ovs 6 ttoOos, dvay/cato? cui/
ou/c i^aiperos' 6 8' e77iKXrjr6s ye ouroat
oIkclcov o[Mr)pd iariv ivddSe, /cat
dpitfsavros
aTracri /cat
/cat i77L(jKr)vos oxXos, el yevoiro 7)fuv avvoiKos,
ovSevos avrco rovrojv evOdhe ovros, V7Tep rivos
d^Lcoaeiev dv ®
KLvhvvevetv dyadov, el p.rj ns
avro) yfjs re VTroaxoiro jJLeprj Sojcreiv /cat TroAea*?
jxoipav ocrrjv S'q riva rovs vvv Kvplovs avriov d(f>-
ovk d^iovyiev roZs TroXXaKis dycovLvnep avrwv iroAtVats' /LteraStSdt'at ; /cat
eXofievos, cov
aajjievoLS
LOCOS
dXXd
^
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14
dv ovSe rovroLS dpKeadeirj hodeZai. (movols,
dpxojv /cat rwv aAAa>P' dyaOcijv
/cat rtfMcov /cat
ala)(pu}s
yXiaxp<iis Kiessling, Jacoby.
Sta xP^'c Cobet, Koi Sia XP^'" Jacoby : koX xp^°- 0.
:
'
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*
Sylburg
av Hertlein,
:
/xrjSe
O.
oirot
Reiske
:
onov 0.
BOOK
VI. 52, 2-53,
1
blessings in order to share ignominioiisly the misfortunes of others ? For they will come hither to
share, not in peace and luxury, but in dangers and
war, the successful issue of which cannot be foreseen.
Or shall we bring in a multitude of homeless ple-
beians, like those driven from hence, who because of
debts, judgments, and other like misfortunes will
gladly remove to any place that may offer? But
these, even though otherwise of a good and modest
disposition to concede them this much yet just
—
—
because of their being neither native born nor of like
habits with us, and because they will not be acquainted
with our customs, laws, and training, would no doubt
be far, nay infinitely, worse than our own plebeians.
LIII. " The natives have here their wives, children,
parents, and many others that are dear to them, to
serve as pledges
yes, and there is their fondness
for the soil that reared them, a passion that is implanted in all men and not to be eradicated; but
as for this multitude which we propose to invite here,
this people without roof or home, if they should
take up their abode with us having none of these
pledges here, in defence of what blessing would
they care to face dangers, unless one were to
promise to give them portions of land and some part
or other of the city, after first dispossessing the
present owners things we refuse to grant to our own
citizens who have often fought in their defence ?
And possibly they might not be content with even
these grants alone, but would also insist upon an.
equal share of honours, of magistracies, and of all the
;
—
*
*
ye (or yap) Reiske : fxevr' B,
aiiuiaeiiv av Pflugk, av d^icoaeie
/neV
Jacoby, /xeWoi
Jacoby
:
(?)
A.
d^tajacie 0.
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2
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,
el (f>avei'q
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8r]
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Srj
erepa 7]puv €Lpr)rai nporepov, en Se roiv napaKaXovvrcov eirl rdg StaAAaya? dvapufxvrjaKOfMevoi,, ore
ov Trap T]fMV pLOVOLS rj TrpwroLs irevla rtpos ttXovtov
earaaiaae /cat ra7r€(,v6rr)s irpos e7n(f>dveLav, dAA' iv
aTTaCTat?
U)S
elrrelv
TToXeai TToXepiiov (Ls
2
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rd rroXXd rod
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KOLVov p,erpidaavres p^ev eacoaav rds TrarpiSas,
avOaheia Se ;)(/3')^craju.ei'ot jLtera rcjv dXXojv dyadcov
Kat a(f>ds avrovs SicoAeaav), /cat on Trdv xP'^H'<^ o
^
^
l6
Reiske ttoAc/iikwv O.
dXXas Jacoby, nvas Reiske,
:
*
^Stj
Reiske
to)
:
Sintenis
:
0.
rinds
O.
BOOK
VI. 53, 1-54, 2
other advantages with the patricians.
If,
therefore,
we do not grant them every one of their demands,
shall we not have them as our enemies when they
And if we grant
fail to obtain what they ask ?
demands, our country and our constitution will
destroyed by our own hands. I do not add
here that what we need at the present time is men
their
be
lost,
trained to war,
men
of disciplined bodies
;
not
husbandmen, labourers, merchants, or followers of
menial trades, who will be obliged to learn military
discipline and to give proof of their skill at one and
the same time (and skill in any unwonted activity is
such as a promiscuous collection of men
resorting hither from every nation is bound to be.
As for a military alliance, I neither see any formed
to assist us, nor, if any allies unexpectedly appeared,
should I advise you to admit them inconsiderately
within your walls, since I know that many a city has
been enslaved by troops introduced to garrison it.
LIV. " When you consider these things as well as
those that I have mentioned earlier, and recall,
further, the considerations which encourage you to
make the accommodation, namely, that we are not
the only people, nor the first, among whom poverty
has raised sedition against wealth, and lowliness
against eminence, but that in nearly all states, both
great and small, the lower class is generally hostile to
the upper (and in all these states the men in power,
when they have shown moderation, have saved their
countries, but when they have acted arrogantly,
have lost not only their goods, but their lives as
difficult),
well)
;
and when you remember that everything that
*
Reiske
:
iiriaTafievovs
O.
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av €K TToXXcvv avvderov fj voaelv 7Te(f}VK€ Kara tl
rcov eavTOV fioptcov, Kal en irpos tovtols (vs ovre
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fjiepcov TO avfiTTav dTToXofievov avv xpovcp), rrjs re
dvdyK7]s ivOvfirjdevres oaov ro Kpdros, fj Kal deol
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rrjg ev^ovXias ixr] rots dOveiois, dXXd rols rjfJierepoLS
avTcbv epyoLS.
LV. " Kat yap dvhpa eva Kal ttoXiv oXtjv eirl
rat? /caAAtcrrais' rchv ISlcov irpd^euiv <f)iXori,[J.€Ladai
XP''^)
xf^l
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fjLLOvs,
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dveXeZv ovt
eK^aXelv iK rcov
Xa^ovres, ovr
Ihiwv i^ovXrjdrjTe , aXXd Kal olkovs Kal /cAi^poy?
oiKelv e^ oov'
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avToig aTTcSore, Kal
e(f)vaav eldaare, laot/j'^<f)ois re elvai, Kai TroAtrat?
tovtov
2 vfj,€T€poLS rjSrj rtalv e^ avrcov cxapicraade
S' ert davpLaaicorepov epyov vficov e^fj^ Xeyeiv, on
Kal roJv vfierepcjv ttoXltwv ttoXXovs fxeydXa et?
v/xtts" i^ap-aprdvovras ^ d^T^/care rdjv npLajpcaJv, et?
avTOvg p,6vovs dTToaKyjipavres rovs alriovg rrjv
.
^
i8
i^afiapravovTas
:
efofiopTovras Kiesaling, Jacoby.
BOOK
VI. 54, 2-55, 2
composed of many parts is generally affected with
a disorder in some one of them, and, furthermore,
that neither the ailing part of a human body ought
always to be lopped off (for that would be to render
the appearance of the rest ugly and its term of life
brief) nor the disordered part of a civil community
to be driven out (since that would be the quickest
way of destroying the whole in time through the
loss of its separate parts)
and when you consider
also how great is the power of necessity, the one thing
to which even the gods yield, be not vexed at your
misfortunes nor allow yourselves to be filled with
arrogance and folly, as if everything were going to
succeed according to our wishes, but relent and yield,
deriving examples of prudence, not from the actions
of others, but from our own.
LV. " For the individual man and the state as a
whole ought to emulate the most illustrious of their
own actions and to consider how all their other
actions may correspond with these. Thus you
yourselves, when in times past you subdued many of
your enemies at whose hands you had suffered the
greatest injuries, desired neither to destroy them
nor to dispossess them of what was theirs, but
restored their houses and lands to them and permitted them to live in the countries that had given
them birth, and actually granted to some of them
the privilege both of being your fellow-citizens and
of exercising equal rights of suffrage. But I have
yet a more wonderful act of yours to x-elate, which
is, that you have permitted many even of your
own fellow-citizens who commit grievous offences
against you to go unpunished, while you have
visited your resentment solely upon those who were
is
;
19
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
3
opyqv, a)v rjaav ot re ^Avrefivag KXrjpovx'QcravTes
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i/joyos, aAA' eTTaLveZrai re vp,a>v ro eTrtet/ce? /cat
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TToXe/jiiajv ^etSd/xevot rot? (f)iXots TToXefjcrjcreTey Kal
ot TO. V7TO)(€Lpia ycvofxeva fxedtevres a^i^/Ltta rovs
avyKaraKrriaapievovs vpuv rrjv ap)(y]v ^rjp,La)cr€T€,
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Seo/xevois
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rovs avdiyevels, ols
avveTTathevdrjre
/cat
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Xijopls opyijs KpivTqre ro avpicfjepov.
LVI. " 'AAA' ort fiev Set /caraAuaacr^at rrjv
T€
/ca/ccuv
TToXefjiovs
/cat
;
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dv
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/cat
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dTTOKpiaeig,
(juXavdpcjTTOvs
dAA'
Kal drretXel, Kal et/cdcrat pdhiov ovk
eariv 6 rt ^ovXerai,. -npos 8e ravra ri Trapaivd)
vvv TTpdrreiv aKovaare fiov. eyco rov Srjiiov ovr*
d8iaAAd/CTCL»s otojLtat irpos 'f)fids exeiv ovre hpdaew
TToAtTt/cd?
/cat
V7repr)(f)avel
2
^
20
ovx
OTTOis
Cobet
:
ovk fad'
ottcjs
0, Jacoby.
BOOK
VI. 55, 2-56, 2
guilty.
Of this number were the colonies sent out to
Antemnae, Crustumerium, Medullia, Fidenae, and
to many other places. But why should I now
enumerate all those whom, after you had taken their
towns by storm, you admonished mildly and as became
And so far has the commonwealth
fellow-citizens ?
been from incurring either danger or censure from
this course, that your clemency is applauded and at
the same time your security is not at all diminished.
After that will you,
who
spare your enemies,
make
war upon your friends ? Will you, who permit the
conquered to go unpunished, punish those who aided
you in acquiring your dominion ? Will you, who offer
"
your own city as a safe refuge for all who stand in
need of it, bring yourselves to drive out of that city
the natives with whom you have been reared and
educated and with whom you have shared many
experiences both evil and good in peace as well as in
war ? No, not if you desire to act with justice and in
conformity with your traditions, and if without
passion you judge what is to your interest.
LVI. " But, someone may say, we know as well
as you that the sedition ought to be appeased, and
we have laboured earnestly to that end. Undertake
now to tell us how we may appease it. For you
see how headstrong the people are grown: though
they themselves are the offenders, they neither send
to us to treat of an accommodation nor give to the
men we have sent to them answers that are those of
fellow-citizens or considerate, but indulge in haughtiness and threats, so that it is not easy to guess what
they want. Hear, then, in what manner I advise
you to act now in this situation. For my part, I do
not believe either that the people are irreconcilable
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
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by Cobet.
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yoveas B.
avratv O.
Sylburg.
^ Kiessling
noiyaaaOai O
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Kiessling) re kuI koiv-^ Jacoby, after Kiessling, evoiKcl kuI Kivei
Roisko fvoiKei Kai Koivfj A, evoiKia Koivij BC.
^
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after 8iaXvaeis deleted
*
yeveas
A
*
ofiois
:
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:
:
o
:
:
BOOK
VI. 56, 2-5
will carry out any of their
reason is that their actions do not
agree with their words, and I judge that they are
far more in earnest than we about the accommodation.
For while we continue to live in our own
country, which is most dear to us, and have in our
own power our fortunes, our houses, our families,
and everything that means most to us, they are
without country or habitation, are bereft of their
dearest relations, and lack for their daily bread. If
anyone should ask me for what reason, then, the
people even under these miseries do not accept our
invitations and why they do not on their own initiative
send to treat with us, I should answer Because, most
assuredly, they thus far hear words from the senate,
but see no act of kindness or moderation follow the
and they feel that they have been often
words
deceived by us, in that we are always promising to
take some measures of relief for them, but taking
none. They are unwilling to send envoys to us
because of those who are accustomed to inveigh
against them here and because they fear they may
Perhaps too they
fail of some of their demands.
may be possessed by some feeling of senseless rivalry.
And no wonder; since there are some even among
us ourselves in whom this quarrelsome and contentious spirit resides, both in private and in public
matters, men who cannot bear to be overcome by their
adversaries, but are always seeking by any means
whatever to get the better of them and never to
confer a favour before they have subdued those who
are to have the benefit of it. In view of these con-
toward us or that they
threats.
My
:
;
^
a^iovaiv
:
d^iovv Reiake.
23
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
ravra
rovs
rovs
Selv
olofxaL
Trpea^eiav
aTTOcrraXrjvaL
Trpos
cV rcbv fxaXiara TTiarevoixevcov
S' aTToaraXyiaouevovs dvSpas avroKodropas
€Lvai TTapaivco, OLaAvaopevovs avrocs ttjv araaiv
i(j>* ols dv avrol SiKaLcoai Kal prjSev 'in
rfj ^ovXfj
7rpoaava(f>6povTas
el yap eiaovrai,
rovro ^ ol VVV
VTTepOTTTLKol
8oKOVVT€S €LVai Kol ^apCLS
p,a66vT€S OTL dXrjOdJs CTTrouSa^ere nepl rrjv 6p6voLov, €ts ^ eTTieiKearepas avyKad-qaovaiv alpeaeLS,
ovoev a^iovvres ovre tcjv ataxpdJv ovre tcov
ahwdrcov. to yap rjpedicTpievov dnav, ctAAcos" re
Kav raireLvov fj, Trpos pev rovs vneprjcfjavovvTas
aypLaLveadai (fyiXel, npos Se rovs depairevovras
SrjjjLOTLKOvs
.
7]
pepovad at j'^
LVII. Yavra
TToXvs
€V€7T€a€
elrrovTOS
^ovXi] ,
rfj
rod MevT^viou dpovs
Kal SieXdXovv eKaaroi
Kara avpipLopias, ol p.ev olKeiois SiaKeipievoi npos
rovs B7]p.ortKovs irapaKaXovvres dXXi]Xovs Trdaav
eiacjyepeadai 7Tpodvp,iav orrcos Kard^ovat, rov 8rjp,ov
et?
TTarpiSa, CTTeiBr] TrpocreiXijcfyecrav rjy€p.6va
r7]v
rore
yvc6p,rjs
dvSpdJv dpiaroKpariKibv rov
€7n(f)aviararov ol S' dpiaroKpariKol Kal rrepl^
iravros deXovres p-r] Kiveladat, ck rov irarpiov
Koarpov rr]v TToXireiav, drropovvres 6 ri "x^prjoovrai
roLs TTapovGL, peradiaOai p.kv ovk d^iovvres rds
rfjs
vpoaipeaeis,
ovvapievoi.'
peveiv
ol
S'
S'
€ttI
d/cepaioi
rcbv iyvojapevojv ov
re Kal rdJv ardaecov
^ ei yap etaovrai rovro Kiessling
aiirol yap tlaovrai rovro
O, Jacoby, avrol yap Trelaovrai rovrois Reiske.
^ ol
01 Be Schaller, Jacoby.
' els B
Kal els R, Jacoby.
* irepl
npo Hertlein.
:
:
:
:
24
BOOK
VI. 56, 5-57, 1
siderations I think an embassy should be sent to the
plebeians consisting of persons in whom they have
the greatest confidence; and I advise that those to
be sent be invested with full power to put an end to
the sedition upon such terms as they themselves shall
fit, without again referring anything to the
For if the plebeians, M^ho now seem to be
senate.
scornful and sullen, shall become aware of this,
learning that you are in earnest^ regarding the
accommodation, they will condescend to more
moderate conditions and will demand nothing of us
that is either dishonourable or impossible. For all
men, when inflamed with anger, particularly those
of humble condition, are wont to be enraged against
think
who treat them haughtily, but to be mild
toward those who court their favour."
LVII. When Menenius had thus spoken, a great
murmuring broke out in the senate and the members
consulted together, each with their own groups.
Those who were favourably disposed toward the
plebeians exhorted one another to devote every
energy toward bringing the people back to their
country, now that they had got as the champion of
their present view the most distinguished man of the
those
aristocratic
party.
The
aristocrats, in
turn,
who
above everything wished no change to be made in
the traditional form of government, were at a loss
how to act in the present juncture, being unwilling
to change their principles and yet unable to persist
And those, again, who were
in their resolutions.
neutral and sided with neither of the parties in their
1 So, following Kiessling.
Jacoby's text means " For they
(the consuls) will understand this business by themselves.
sullen, learn that you are
.
And when the plebeians, who
in earnest."
:
,
.
25
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
ovScrepa avuxfyiXoveiKovvTes elprjvqv ayeiv ^ovXo[xevoi
2
/cat
a^iovvreg
ottco?
fJir)
TeL)('qp€is
ecrovrat,
ctKOTreZv
8e yevofxivrjs 6 irpea^vrepog
ra>v VTTOTOiV CTrai^veaas rov MevrjvLov rrjs yevvaLOTrjTo?, /cat rovs Xolttovs d^icoaas ofxotovg
e/cetVo)
yeveadai KrjSefMovas Aeyovra? t€ oaa
(f)povovai fiera Trapprjalas Kal Trpdrrovras St^a
oKvov rd ho^avra, erepov ^ eKaXei rov avrov
rpoTTOv i^ ovofxaros, d^icov yvwfX'qv dTTO(f)'^vaadaL,
.
aLCOTrijs
Mdviov OvaXepiov
dSeXcfyov
rov avveXevdepcoaavros
dvSpa rrap^ ovrtva-
aTTO Tiov ^aaiXecov ttjv ttoXlv,
ovv Tcov apLaroKpariKcbv
tw
S'^/jlo)
LVIII. "0? avaaras" Trpchrov
^ovXrjv
rcx)v ISlojv
avTOV
TTpoXeyovros
Seivd
Key^apiajxivov
VTrepiijxvriaKe Trjv
ttoXltcvfxdrojv, /cat
rd
fieXXovTa
on
TroAAa/ci?
crvfi^TJaecrdai
eTToiijaain-o
roiis
Xoyovs'
rovs ivavnovfxevovs rats 8taAAayat? jui^ Trept tov fxerplov ^ vvv ^rjreZv, dXX*
€TT€t Tqv ardaiv ovk e'laaav i^aipedrjvai, 'qviKa
fiiKpd -^v eVt Tjj TToAet ret hiacjjipovra, vvv ye tol
cr/coTretv
ottcos
Bid rax^cov Travaerai /cat pLrf
TTpoeXdovaa en TToppcorepco X'qaec rd-)(a /xev
aviaros, el he jxij, hvaiaros /cat ttoXXcov atVta
a^iai yevofjieinr) KaKcov
TrjV re d^icocnv rwv
8t'
€7T€LTa
oXiycopias
rj^iov
SrjfMonKoJv
ovKen
TTporepa,
rrjv avrrjv aTrecjjaivev eaop,evrjv
ctti rot? avrotg ei/ca^e avp,^iqaeadaL rov Srjfiov dTraXXayrjv [xovov ra)v xP^djv
airovfxevov, aXXd Kal ^orjdeias Se-^aecrdai nvos
rrj
lacos,
^
a6
d(f)^
oj58'
•j^s
els
rov
Xolttov
;^/3ovov
d(T(f)aXr]g
irepov
Bevrepov Kiessling, Jacoby.
TOV fierpiov
:
twv (lerpioiv Grasberger, Jacoby.
:
BOOK
VI. 57, 1-58, 1
strife, desired to see peace prevail and demanded
that the senate should consider means to prevent the
When silence reigned,
city from being besieged.
the elder of the consuls praised Menenius for his
magnanimity and asked the rest to show themselves
equally loyal defenders of the state, not only by
expressing their opinions with frankness, but also
by carrying out their resolutions without fear; and
then he called upon a second senator by name in the
same manner to deliver his opinion. This was
Manius Valerius, a brother of the Valerius who had
assisted in delivering his country from the kings, a
man acceptable to the people beyond any other
member of the aristocratic party.
LVIII. He, rising up, first called the attention of
the senate to the policies he himself had pursued and
reminded them that, though he had often foretold
the dangers they would incur, they had made light
of his predictions. He then requested that those
who opposed the accommodation should not at this
time inquire into the reasonableness of the terms,
but, since they had been unwilling to allow the sedition to be appeased while the disputes in the state
were still unimportant, that they should now at least
by what means it might be speedily terminated and might not, by going on still further,
insensibly become perhaps incurable, or in any case
hard to be cured, and the cause of great evils to them.
consider
He
told them that the demands of the plebeians
would no longer be the same as before, and he did
not imagine that the people would enter into a
compact upon the same terms, asking merely for an
abolition of their debts, but that they would possibly
call for some assistance also, by which they might
37
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
KaraXeXvadai fjiev
yap a^' ov
rod BiKraTopos OLp)(rj rov (f)vXaKa rrjs
eXevdepias avrov vofiov, os ovre airoKTelveLv
TToXlrrjv aKpLTOv ovSeva avvex<^p^i' toXs VTrdrois,
ovoe ye tovs ^ irapa rfj Kptaei iXaTrovjjidvovg vtto
2 StareAecrei-
TTaprjXdev
Twv
iq
TTarpiKLOiv
Stjixotlkovs
KaraStKaaafjidvoLS,
rol?
^ouAo/xeVoi?
TTapaSiSocrdat,
8e
€(l)€aLV
iblSov fxeracfiepetv rag Kpiaeis
rot?
^ttI
tov
Stj/jlov
oltto
ToJv rrarpiKLcov /cat o tl av 6 Srjixos yvcp, rovr*
ett-ai
Kvpiov
Se /cat rrjv dXXrjv
d(f)rjprjadaL
e^ovaiav rcov SrjfxoriKcov oXiyov Setv Trdaav rjs iv
roXs TTporipois xP^vols rjaav Kvpioi, drrov ye /cai
rov e/c rdi)v TroXejjiwv Opiayb^ov ovk i^eyevero
avroXs evpeadai napd rijs ^ovXrjs dvSpl Trap'
ovrivaovv dXXov eTriTT^Setoj ravrrjs rv^^lv rijs
UottXico
3 rLfirjs,
et/coj
Tt
TTovTjpds
e7T€i8r]
^epov'CXico
Trdaxovras
^x^i'V
ovre
rovs
VTTep
VTrdro)
YlpiaKco.
ttoXXovs
e^'
06?
dOvpieXv
/cat
rijs
dacfiaXela?
ovre
St/craropt
iX-n-iSas,
KijSeodaL
avrwv ^ovXofxevoLs e^eyevero, dXXd /cat npocramjXavae ris avrdjv v^peojs /cat art/iita? Std rrjv
VTTep rdJv TToXXdJv OTTOvhrjv /cat Trpovoiav.
ravra
o
arreipydaOaL avyKvifjavras ^ ov rovs X^P^'
eararovs tojv TTarptKtojv, v^piards Se rtvas /cat
irXeoveKras
irepl
;;^y07j/xaTt(T^op'
dhiKov Setpco?
eoTTovhaKorag , ol rrpo's ttoXv hid(f)opov /cat eTTt
fxeyaXots Saveiadev roKois TToXXd KarahovXcoad[xevoL
voXirdiv
V7T€pr](f>dvovs
*
TOV? added
irapa ras xplaeis-
28
acLpiara,
dvdyKas
by
Kieasliiig;
rovrois
re
TTpo(j<f>epovres,
wfxds Kal
dXXorpcov
Reiske had proposed ovre ye
BOOK
VI. 58, 1-3
For since the institufor the future live in safety.
tion of the dictatorship, he said, the law that safeguarded their liberty had been abolished, the law
which allowed no citizen to be put to death by the
consuls without a trial, nor any of the plebeians who
had been tried and condemned by the patricians, to
be delivered up to those who had condemned them,
but granted to those who desired it the right of
appealing the decisions from the patricians to the
people, and that the judgment of the people should
be final. He added that almost all the other privileges enjoyed in former times by the plebeians had
been taken away, since they had been unable to
obtain from the senate even the usual military
triumph for Publius Servilius Priscus, who had deserved this honour more than any other man. At this,
he said, most of the people were distressed, as was to
be expected, and entertained slender hopes of their
security, since neither a consul nor a dictator had
able, even when they wished, to take care of
been
their interests, but the zeal and care they showed
for the people had actually gained for some of them
abuse and ignominy. He declared that these things
had been brought about by plotting, not on the
part of the more cultivated men among the
patricians, but on the part of some insolent and
avaricious men desperately eager for unjust gain,
who, having advanced a large amount of money at
a high rate of interest and made slaves of many of
their fellow-citizens, had, by treating these with
cruel and arrogant harshness, alienated the whole
^
avyKvipavras
B
:
avyKaXvipavTas A.
29
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
yeveadai
inoLrjorav
apiaroKparias
rrjs
hrj^ioTLKOv , eraipiav
re
arrav
ro
avarrjadfjievoi /cat ravTrjs
"Attttlov KXavSiov ' rjyeixova, fxiaodvhpa /cat oXcyapxi'Kov, 8t' eKeCvov iravTa
ot? et fjurj ro
<f)vpovaL ^ rd Trpdyfxara rrjs TToXeojs.
dvaScL^avres
S-q/jLov
aco(f)povovv p-ipos
rrjs ^ovXijs ip.7ToSoju ari^aerat,
Kivhvv€V€LV
dvhpaTTohLopbov rivos
VTTep
/cat
/cara-
reXevrcov S' dTTe(f>'qvaro
rr]v ttoXlv.
GKacfirjs
hoKelv rfj M.€vrjVLOv )(p7JcrdaL yvcopurj,
TTpea^elav rj^iov Trep^neiv hid rax^ojv
avv-
/cat
rrjv
rovs 8'
^ovXovrai
dvhpas d(jiLKop,€.vovs TreipdadaL pikv dis
KaraXvcraadai rrjv ardaiv, et Se pjrj hihoir] rt?
avroZs a ^ovXovrai, Se^^eadai rd SiSo/xeva.
LIX. Mera rovrov dvecrrr] KXr^dels "Attttio?
KAauSto? o rrjs evavrLOvpjevrjs ra> hrjpicp ardaecos
p,eya
dvrjp
rjyep^cov,^
(f>pova)v
eavro),
ecfi'
/cat
rovro ovK dvev St/catas" 7racr;^CDV atrtas" o re ydp
tSto? avrov ^ios 6 Kad* r^piipav aa)(l>pcov /cat
a€p,v6s
rjv,
rj
re
to
Trpoaipeais
rcov
TToXtrevpidrcov
rrjs dpiaroos d(f)opp,rjv Xa^cbv rrjv OvaXeptov Stjfxrjyopiav roiovrois e-)(prjaaro Xoyois'
" 'Ev' eXdrrovi fiev alria OvaXepios dv ^ rjv, et
2
€vy€vr)s
/cat
d^lcopLa
crcu^oucra
Kparias'
avrov
rrjv
rarat'Tta
yvc6p,r)v
eyvoJKorcov
drrecjirjvaro
p,6vr)v,
Karrjyopcf
pur]
ratv
TTcpirjv
Se
ydp
dv
avro) pirjhkv d/coucrat ra)v rrpoaovriov avrcp
KaKcov. 67761 S' OVK drrexpyjoev avrw roiavra
avpL^ovXeveLV e^ (Lv ovhkv aAA' •^ rot?
TToXircjv SovXevaop^ev, dAAa /cat
rctiv
avriovpLcvoiv
^
3°
Reiske
:
avrw
<j>€povoi
0.
Kadrjifiaro
'
ijye/xwv
/cd/xoy
/ca/ctcrrot?
r(ov
iv-
dtf/ipuixcos
added by Reiske.
BOOK
VI. 58, 3-59, 2
body of the plebeians from the aristocracy, and having
formed a faction and placed at the head of it Appius
Claudius, an enemy of the people and a champion
of oligarchy, were through him throwing all the
and he
affairs of the commonwealth into confusion
;
declared that if the sober part of the senate did not
oppose these men, the state was in danger of being
enslaved and destroyed. He ended by saying that
he concurred in the opinion of Menenius, and asked
that the envoys might be sent immediately, and that
upon arriving they should endeavour to appease the
sedition upon such terms as they desired, but if
these were not granted, they should accept such as
were offered.
LIX. After him, Appius Claudius, who was leader
of the faction that opposed the people, being called
upon to express his opinion, rose up, a man who set a
great value upon himself and not without just cause
for his private life was sober and dignified, while his
political principles were noble and calculated to
preserve the dignity of the aristocracy. He, taking
as his starting point the speech of Valerius, spoke as
follows
" Valerius
would have deserved less censure if he
had merely expressed his own opinion, without
inveighing against those who hold the opposite view,
for in that case he would have had the advantage of
not hearing an exposition of his own faults. However, since he has not been content with advising
such a course as can end in nothing else than in
making us slaves to the worst of the citizens, but has
also attacked his opponents and has levelled some of
*
av added here by Cobet, after
aiVt'^
by Jacoby.
31
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
ifMV7](jd7], TToXXrjv
OLvdyKrjv 6pa> Kajjuol Trepl rovrcov
OLTToXvaaadaL ras" /car' ifiavTOV
€L7Telv /cat TTpcoTOV
Sta^oAa?.
;\;/37y/>taTi^ecr^at
/cat
COS"
'^Kicrra
17
rov
(XTrdcrTacrt?
yiyovev
hrjpLov
&v ovhev on
pahiov vpuv piadeZv.
3 vyies
aTTO
rpoTTOV
/cat
eXevdepicLV,
rrjv
dcjirjprjijLai,
ctti-
at?
einrpeTreg,
Trporjp'qfxai.
TToXXovs rcov TTevT^TCov
avrov
Trpos
fxoL
ovre ttoXltlkov ovt
r-qhevpia
iravTOS
yap
(hveihiarai
/cat
8t'
e/xe
ovx
dXrjdes ioriv ovh
Wl yap,
eiTre,
ol
Oua-
Aepie, TtVe? elcrlv ovs KareSovXcoadpirjv iycj rrpos
rd XP^^ >
^X^
'^^^
>
TLvas iv
TToXiras ea^ov
SecrjLtots"
r]
vvv
"^^^ dcfiecrTrjKOTCOV 8ta ttjv €p.rjv wp^oTrjra
iavrov irarpihos
roaovrov ydp hio)
T(x>v ^ TToXiTcbv KaTaSeBovXdJadaL 8ta XP^^^>
ware ttoXXols rrdw rd ip,avTov TrpoepLevos ovSeva
rj
<f)LXoxpr)pLaTiav
ovK
aAA'
Ttva
dv
areperai
exois
dTToareprjadvrcov
rcov
Tijs
eliretv.
p,€
Trpoaderov
iTroiriaap,rjV
ovSe dripiov, dXXd iravres elalv iXevdepot /cat
Trdmes otSacrt pLoi X^P''^ ^iXcjv re /cat ireXarcbv ev
/cat ov Xeyco
rots dvayKaiordroLS i^erdt^ovrai
.
ravra KarrjyopoJv
iyd)
Kar
^
^
LX.
avyxo)pov~
eSpaaav dSi/cetv a'urovs Oiop-ai, aAAa ras
ipcavrov Sia^oXds dnoXvop^evos-^
" "A 8' els x^AcTTOTT^ra /cat rrovrjpdjv
/cat
npoaraaiav (hveihiai pxa,
oXtyapxt'Kov dTTOKaXcov,
1
^
'
*
32
v6p,ci)
ri
dvdpcx)7TCi)v
re
rd TTapaTTXrjaia
purj
ovh^ €t riv€s
€p,ol 7T€TTOL7]K6rcx)v
picvov
rcov
on
rijs
Twv Reiske om. O, Jacoby.
Reiske avyxoypo'viievoi O.
Kar' added by Cobet.
Kiessling airoXvonai, O, Jacoby.
:
:
:
pbiaoSrjpLov
dpiaroKpa-
BOOK
VI. 59, 2-60,
1
his shafts at me, I find it quite necessary for me also
to speak of these matters, and first to clear myself
of the charges he has brought against me. For he
has reproached me with conduct neither seemly nor
becoming to a citizen, charging that I have chosen to
get money by every possible means and have deprived many of the poor of their liberty, and that the
secession of the people took place chiefly because of
me. Now it is an easy matter for you to learn that
none of these allegations is true or well grounded.
For come, tell us, Valerius
Who are the people
whom I have enslaved on account of their debts ?
Who are the citizens I have kept, or now keep, in
prison? Which of the seceders is deprived of his
country through my cruelty or avarice ? Why, you
can name none. For I am so far from having enslaved any one of the citizens for debt that, after
advancing my own money to very great numbers,
I have caused none of those who defrauded me to
be either handed over ^ to me or disfranchised, but
all of them are free and all are grateful to me and
are numbered among my closest friends and clients.
I do not say this by way of accusing those who have
not acted as I have, nor do I think any men guilty
of wrong-doing because they have done what was
:
permitted by law I am merely attempting to clear
myself of the accusations brought against me.
LX. " As to my severity and my having acted as
the patron of wicked men, with which he has reproached me, calling me an enemy of the people
and a champion of oligarchy because I adhere to the
;
^ Dionysius uses the word irpoaderos here in the sense of
the Latin addictus. The insolvent debtor was handed over to
the creditor to work out the amount of his indebtedness.
33
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DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
Tta? TTcptexofMat,, Koiva Trdvrcjv vfjuov can Karrjyooaoi ovk a^iovre KpeiTTOveg ovreg vtto
prjixara
X€ip6v(xjv apxeadai, ouS' rjv TrapeXd^ere aTTO rcov
TToXireiav
TTpoyovcxiv
avdpcoTTOis
2
ov
vrro
Trjs
yap av ovros oXiyapxtav
^
rcov Kpariarcov rjy€p.ovca, /cat
Tov
ovopLaros
Sia^Xrjdev
t&v
KaKLarrjs
SrjfxoKparLas
TToXireLciJv
ovopLO.
ro
Srj
€V
d^aLpeOrivai.
^
drJTac
ri]
Trpdyfjia vtto
d(f)avLadrja€raf
'^ficts
Se TToAAo) av hiKaiorepov eTreveyKaipiev oveiSos Kal
0X7)6 ear epov,
Kal rvpavvLKcjv
Brjp,oK07Tiav
ovSevl
€7ndvp,Lav.
yap
on
dSrjXov
8rj
irds
epycov
rvpav-
vos €K Srjpx)K6XaKog <^veraL,
/cat rax^la ohog iari
KaraSovXovodai ras noXeig ^ovXafxevois rj
roLs
Sta
dyovaa
KaKiorojv
rojv
rroXircov
ras
cttI
Bvvaareias, ovs depanevoyv ovros StarereAe/ce
3 ouSe
on
OVK
av
iroXpirjaav
ol
rrjXiKavra e^ap^aprelv , el
rovrov
(fnXoTToXiBos
Kal
(f)avXoi
pirj
vtto
i^rjyepOrjaav,
Slktjv
uTToap^etv
cLs
*
Xeyco, p^vrjcrdevres
VTTcp TToXepLov
Kpeirrova
Stj
d/ctV-
vpos
rw
pujZpav
rrjg
p^ddoire 8' dv cos dXrjOrj eyd)
TTporepas e^ovres.^
ravra
raTTCivol
rod aepvov Kal
Svvov avrols ro epyov ea6p,evov, Kal
firjSefXLav
/cat
eS yap tore
TOV TTapovros Traverat.
P'dxpt'
on
SeStrrofievos vpids
Kal SiaXXayds dvayKaias
dTTo<j>ai-
ovk dyaTTrjoovaiv ol TTevrjres
a<f>edevres rcov ;^pea)v, dXXd Kal ^orjOelas Bei)aovrai nvos Kal ovk dve^ovrai en vcf>* vpuov cLs
vcov a/Lta e^iy /cat <hs
^
34
A
:
B
:
dAiyap;^ias R,
delvai deXrjaei, BbC.
oXiyapx^av
* dijrai.
BOOK
VI. 60, 1-3
aristocracy, these accusations apply equally to all
those among you who, as men of superior worth,
think it beneath you to be governed by your inferiors
or to allow the form of government you have inherited
from your ancestors to be overthrown by the worst
of all constitutions, a democracy. For if this man
sees fit to call the government of the best men an
oligarchy, it does not therefore follow that the thing
itself, because it is traduced by that appellation,
But we can bring a much juster
will be destroyed.
and truer reproach against him, that of flattering
the people and desiring tyrannical measures; for
all the world knows that every tyrant springs from
a flatterer of the people and that the direct road for
those who wish to enslave their country is that which
leads to domination through the favour of the worst
—
the very ones whom this man has ever
citizens
courted and does not cease even to this day to court.
For you know full well that these vile and low
wretches would not have dared to commit such
offences, had they not been urged on by this high and
mighty man, this lover of his country, and made to
believe that the act would be attended with no
danger and that not only would they go unpunished,
but their lot would even be improved by it.
will be convinced of the truth of what I say
You
if
you
while he was frightening you with a
war and showing the necessity of an accommodation,
he told you at the same time also that the poor would
not be contented with an abolition of their debts,
will recall that,
but would also
call for
*
Cobet
*
eyo)
some
assistance,
and would
e^ovras 0.
Tavra B ravra eyo; R.
:
:
35
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
Kal rrporepov dp^ofievoL- reAeuraii' S' vfids rj^lov
cxrepyeLV ra irapovra ^ Kal crvy^^cvpelv o tl civ 6
Srjfios €7tI rfj Kadohco SiKaLivarj Xa^elv, pur] SiaKpivavras pLrjr oltto KaXoJv ala-^pa pLrjr oltto SiKaicov
4 aSt/ca. roaavTTjs oipa au^aSeta? ro avorjTOV ovros
dvrjp Trpea^vrepos Kal
rijs TrdAecos
ifMTTeTrXrjKe
TTaaas K€Kap7TOjp,€vos rds irap vpicov ripds. dp'
rjv
aoL
d^iov,
OvaXepte, Kad' irepoju rd [x-q
TTpoaovra oveihr] Xeyeiv, roiavrais ovtl Karrjyopiais
ivoxcp
;
LXI. " Kai
TTpos p.ev
Sta^oXds dpKeZ rd
rds
tovtov prjOeiaas
vnep 8' ojv ^ovXev-
vtto
elprjfjLeva,
aop^evoi avveXrjXvdare SoKel p,OL 8t/cata re elvai
Kal rrjs TToXecos d^ia Kal avp,(f)€povra vpXv, ov
piovov a iv dpxous d7Te(f)r]vdfir}v, dXXd Kal vvv inl
rrjs avrrjs
yvd)p.rjs
en
p,eva>v ^
dTTO(J3aivop,ai,
pur]
rov Koapiov rrjs TToXtreias, p^rjhe Kivelv
edrj TTarepwv dKLvqra, ju.7^8' dvaipelv e^ dvdpcuiTcov
TTiartv, lepov -x^pripa, pied' rjs aTracra noXis oiKelrat,
da<f)aXu>s, Si]pq) re pirj eiKeiv dyvcopovt dSiKcov
Kal ov)( ottojs
2 epycov Kal ddepiircov )(pril,ovrL'
avy)(eXv
VTTOKaraKXivopLai
S(,a<f)6pa)v,'^
n
yvcopbrjs
rrjg
ot ro ev rij rroXet
rcov
(fio^o)
SrjporiKov
ctt*
^
epuol
pie, dXXd ttoXv pidXXov ^
rrporepov eppcopiai rrjv opyrjv Kal dyavaKrco rols
avviardvres SeBtrrovrai
alrqpiacrL
rov
Sr^piov
vpLCOv
SiTrAacjtCDS"
re,
^ovXtj, ro TTapdXoyov rrjs yvcvpirjs redavpiaKa,
ovK emrpeifjavres avro), ore
^
36
Ttt
napovTa Sylburg, Portus
fjifvcDv
*
In
'
Tiov
*
<f>av€p6s
Kiessling
:
B
:
^aveputs A,
<f>avep6s ^
rovs napovras 0.
:
eirifievcov
added by Reiske.
oviroi
*
0, Jacoby.
Reiske 8i(Kf>epu)v 0.
:
c5
on
"qv
BOOK
VI. 60, 3-61, 2
no longer submit to be governed by you as before.
And in closing he exhorted you to acquiesce in the
present state of affairs and to grant everything the
people should think fit to demand as the conditions
of their return, without distinguishing whether those
demands were honourable or shameful, just or unjust.
With so much arrogance has the senseless multitude
been inspired by this old man who has enjoyed every
honour you could confer upon him. Did it, then,
become you, Valerius, to utter against others the
reproaches they have not deserved, when you yourself lie open to such accusations ?
LXI. " As for the calumnies which this man has
uttered against me, what I have said suffices. But
concerning the subject which you have met to discuss,
it seems to me that what I not only proposed at first,
but even now, continuing of the same opinion, still
propose, was just, worthy of the commonwealth,
and advantageous for yourselves, namely, not to
disturb the form of our government nor to alter the
unalterable customs of our ancestors, nor to banish
from among men good faith, a sacred thing, through
the possession of which every state dwells in security,
nor to give way to a stupid populace which deAnd not only
sires unjust and unlawful things.
do I not retract any part of my opinion through fear
of my adversaries, who endeavour to frighten me by
rousing the plebeians in the city against me, but I
am much more than ever confirmed in my resentment, and my indignation at the demands of the
people is doubled. And I am surprised, senators, at
the inconsistency of your judgment, in that, after
refusing to grant to the people at their request an
aboUtion of their debts and a discharge from the
37
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
)(pea)V
TToXefJiLos,
(XTTOKOTTas
KaraKpifxaraJV
/cat
a<j)eaeis alrovixevu), vvv, eTret iv rols ottXois earl
ra
Kal
TToXcfiiOiV
^ovXeveade
Se StJttov,
ovKovv
^
ctAAo
/cat
TToAtTetcDv
/cat
d^LOvatv apx^iv irepoiv ;
rj
(vaTrep
So^ei
TrdvTOJV dv
ixerexeiv.
riplv
ra Ttpdy-
€(f)r)v,
tcov
iv
vfuv dcrvjx^opov rols
ovk, idv ye aa)(f>povTJT€
e'trjre
dpxeadai, TupavviKov
evos
(jvy)(Oip'Qcrer€
el
avTco SoKrj'
avra>v
tcov
dfjLadeardrrjv,
rrjv
dvdpcoTTOLS
vfiels.
^
hrjixoKpariav TrepLaT-qaerac
els
^
fiara
ravra
Spa,
o rt av
/cat Trpcorov TToirjaerai rcJov a.^iovpb4vojv,
elvai
laoTifiov
3
/cat
d<j)poveararoi, el Ttpos
dvhpos ovk dvacrxerov
rvpawlSt TToXvKe<j)dXa> vvv vfxds
ainovs napaScoaere, /cat raura ov fierd xp-piroiv
'qyrjadfjLevot, Sr^/ioj
TTeidovri
avy)((^p'^<y€T€
vtto
re dvdyKTjs
KparrjOevres /cat (Ls ovk e^ov dXXo tl Spdv vvv
4 rjpXv TTapd yvw/xr^v e'l^avres. drav he to dvorjTOV
avro)
dvrl rov KoXdt,eadai c0' ols dv TrX-qixixeX-rjcrrj /cat
TO TLfJidcrOaL 8i' aura TrpoaXd^rj, ttcos So/cetre
avdahes earai /cat vnep-qcfiavov ; jjirj yap hrj eKeivrj
TV
eiraipeade,
eAvriSt
cos
fieTpLdaet,
to,?
irepl
on
d^Lcoaeis d hrjpLos, edv (f)avepdv avTCo yevrjTaL
Vfiets drravTes eifjiq^iaaade ovtcos.
LXII. "
iiftevadrj
'AAAo, irXelaTov
ttjs
ho^rjs,
dvrjp
Sr]
ev rovrcp Mei^i^to?
acx)(f)pcov,
os
*
tojv
c/c
eavTOV TpoTTCov TeKfJXLtpeTaL ^ XPV^"^^ vrrep erepcov.
eyKeiaeTai yap vfuv Trepa tov heovTos ^apvs vtto
Te avOaSelas, rj (piXel irepl to KpaTOVv del ylveadai,
^
av Sylburg: kuv 0.
'
TTpdyfiaTa added by Kayser 17 iroXis by Kiessling,
Kal Reiske, om. Kayser, Jacoby, toy Post.
OS
Kiessling T€Kfxaip6n€vos O, Post.
*
'
TO.
aAAo A(?), Sylburg: aAAo
:
O
:
:
38
*
rt
B.
BOOK
VI. 61, 2-62,
1
judgments against them before they were as yet
openly your enemies, you now, when they are in
arms and are committing acts of hostility, deliberate
whether you will grant these demands and anything
else
they
may think fit. They will think fit, of course,
and will make it the first of their demands to have
an equal share of honours with us and to enjoy the
same privileges. Will not the government then be
transformed into a democracy, which of all human
constitutions, as I said, is the most senseless and
the least expedient for you who presume to rule
over others ? It will not be, if you are in your right
senses.
Otherwise you would be the most foolish of
all men if, after regarding it as intolerable to be
governed by one tyrant, you should now deUver
yourselves up to the populace, a many-headed tyranny,
and grant these things to them, not as a gracious
concession to their pleading, but constrained by
necessity and, on the assumption that it is not in
our power to do anything else now, yielding against
your will.
And when this senseless multitude,
instead of being punished for its offences, even
obtains honours as a reward for those offences, how
headstrong and arrogant do you think it will become ?
For do not encourage yourselves with the hope that
the people will moderate their demands if it becomes
known to them that you all concurred in this
resolution.
LXII. "
But in this matter Menenius, a prudent
imputes good intentions to others judging
them by himself, is very much mistaken. For they
will urge you with an importunity grievous beyond
all measure, encouraged both by arrogance, which
tends always to accompany victory, and by folly,
man who
39
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
TrXeZarov 6-)(\os
/cat a<f>poavvris , rjs
Kav
€1
fJLT]
€v ap-)(ais,
youi'
XP^^V
fjieT€)(€L
varepov
fxipos
/cat
e^*
eKdarcp xpT^fxari, c5v dv Serjdels fxr) rvxj} 'to. dirXa
Xa^ojv Tov avrov rpoTTOV vjjuv ao^apoJs iTndTJaerai.
ojare €t rd Trpwra avyxiopijaeTe avpu^ipovra
€LvaL vofXiaavTes, erepov ri ;^et/30f evdvs €7rtraxdrjaeade /cat aS^t? dXXo rovrov ;(aAe7r66Tepov,
/cat
d)s
rd rrpcbra VTraKovaavres , ecos
(fio^cp
€K^d\coaLV vfids reXevrwvres rij? voXeoJS, U)S iv
TToXXdls dXXais /cat rd reXevrdta iv HvpaKovcraLS
2 ot
yeajfiopoi
rcov TreXarcJjv e^rjXddrjcrav
rrpos
.
el
dyavaKTqaavTe? ivavTLcocreade
TOLs atTTjixaoL, Tt S'q TTOT ovK avTodcv dpxeade
eXcvdepa <f)pov-iqpiara ex^cv ;
Kpecrrov ydp citt'
S'
eTr'
€K€LVOJv
^
iXaTTOvos aiTia? oppur^devras rrplv rj ^ ^Xa^rjvai
to yevvaloVy 7) ttoAAo. VTTOfxeLvavras
Tore ayavaKrelv -nepl rcov yeyovorojv /cat [xt]
eTTirpeTretv ra Xonrd /cat oifje dp^acrdai vovv ex^tv.
(po^eiTco 8' vfiajv /xrjSeVa pLTJre 6 rdjv dTTOcrrardJv
avaaeia/JLOs ixrjre 6 rdJv dXXo(l)vXa)v TToXefios' fXT^re
KarayLvcooKere rrjs ot/ceta? Swa/zecu? co? ovx
Tt aTTohei^aaOai
3 LKavrjs
ovarjg
StacrcDcrat
tt^v
ttoXlv.
t]
/xev
ydp
Tojv (l)vyahcDV ^pax^ld eariv laxvs /cat ovre ttoXvv
avOe^ei xpovov hiafxevovaa, ojairep vOv, viraidpio? ^
KaXv^ais ojpa erovs ;^etjU,e/Diaj, TTopii^eadat, Se
ovx 07TWS St' dptrayrjs en Svmjaofxevq eneiSdv rd ovra dvaXcoaj), dAA' ouS' dv
dXXodev thvqrd eTreiodyecrdaL Sta Treviav, ols ovre
VTTO
Ttt
CTTtTT^Seta
iSia ovr* iv kolvco
^
*
40
;!^pr^/>taTa
in fKeiviav
rj
:
eV
earw
at Be TroXefwi
eKelvois Sylburg.
added by Kiessling, Jacoby(7).
BOOK
VI. 62, 1-3
of which the multitude has so great a share. And if
not at first, then certainly later, upon every occasion
when their demands are not granted, they will
take up arms and attack you violently in the same
way as before. So that if you yield to their first demands as a matter of expediency, you will presently
have something worse imposed upon you, and then
something else still harsher than that, upon the supposition that your first concessions too flowed from
fear, till at last they drive you out of the city, as has
happened in many other places, and, most recently,
at Syracuse, where the landowners were expelled by
If, then, in your indignation in those
their clients.
circumstances you intend to oppose their demands,
why do you not from this instant begin to assume
the spirit of free men ? For it is better to display your
proud spirit on a slighter provocation to start with
and before suffering any injury, than, after submitting
to many injuries, to be indignant only then at what
has happened, refuse to endure any more, and begin
Let none of you be terrified
too late to be prudent.
either by the threatening clamour of the seceders or by
this foreign war and do not disparage our domestic
forces as being insufficient to preserve the commonwealth. For the strength of the fugitives is slight,
and they will not be able to hold out long in the open
in huts during the winter season, as they are now
doing; and far from being able to go on securing
provisions by plundering when they have consumed
their present store, they will not be able even to
purchase any elsewhere and convey them to their
camp, by reason of their poverty, since they have no
money, either individually or in common, and wars,
;
'
[xevei after
imaidpios deleted
by
Kiessling.
41
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
TOLS
)(pr]fjidTOJv
re
dvap)(La
avrols
TroAAa
co?
to.
cLs
eiKos
/cat
ra^v Si,ax€t
/cat hiaXvaei ^ rd ^ovXevfiara.
ou yap S17 aftttjaovatv ovT€ Sa^tVois" ovre Tvpprjvdls ovt aAAot?
Tial rGiv dXXo(f)vXcov napahovTes a(f>ds avrovs
ardais
4
rwv
TTepiovaiais
avrexovaiv
c/c
dvapx^cLS
rrjs
ipiTreaovaa
Sv /cat avroi ttot d<^eiXovro
eXevdepiav avv vfjuv, /cat [xdXiara ovSe marevOrjaovrai, irpog avrchv ol KaKws avrwv ttjv tto.rpiBa /cat alcrxpdJS diroXiaai Trpodu[jir]devT€9, purj
ovyji dfiota SpdaeLV rrjv VTToSe^apLevrjv
dpiaroKparecraL Se /cat rd 'idvrj rd Trepi^ rjpLwv (XTrav'Ta,
/cat TO SrjixoriKov iv ovSefxia TrdAet jLteTaTroietTai
t<Jl)v lacov, oiore ov 81777011 ot Trpov^ovres iv eKdarrj
CKeiVois BovXeveLV,
rrjv
.
Tov oIk€lov ovk €cbvT€s TTapaKLvelv oxXov,
etaSe^ovraL rov errqXvv /cat araaLaanqv
^
els TTjv eavTcbv TrarpiBa, [xtj {jceraSovres avroi
rcov ofXOLcov avv XP'^^V crTepijaovraL rcov tacov.
5 el S' apa ye yviLpLrfs dpidproip,L /cat TrapaSe^airo
Tt? avrovs ttoXls, evravda Sr] SiayivayaKOLvr* dv
TToXeL
TOVTOV
cos ^ TToXepLLol re ovres /cat
rd
TToXefxlajv TreiaopLevoL.
exofiev 8' avrdjv opuqpa rrarepas /cat yapcerds /cat
rrjv
dXXT]v avyyeveiav, cLv ou8' dv ev^dp-evoi
Kpeirrova rtapd decov alrii)craip.eda' ^ ovs ev otjjei
arnjaavres dTToXovfiev,^ el toA/xt]-
rcov ctvyyevoov
^ Sta;^€t Kal SiaXvaei Cobet
SiaWoi Kal SiaXvoi A, 8ia;^€'«i
Kal SiaAvei B.
Post would adopt the reading of A, and read
:
i.fi.Tieaova'
av above.
ABa
avrols Bb.
*
axnol
'
av
*
aiTTjaaifieda
(Ls
:
Hertlein
:
ws av 0, Jacoby.
Sylburg
:
corrupt
TiyTjaaifieOa
Kiessling
Kayser vnoBTjXwixev, Post anoSvaofiev.
*
42
aiToXovnev
is
;
0.
suggested
d7reiAa>/;x<fv,
BOOK
VI. 62, 3-5
as a rule, can only be kept up by plenty of money.
Besides, anarchy, in all probability, and sedition,
growing out of anarchy, will seize them and soon
confound and bring to naught their counsels. For
surely they will not consent to deliver themselves
up to either the Sabines or the Tyrrhenians or any
other foreigners and become slaves to those whom
they themselves together with you once deprived of
their liberty
and, most important of all, men who
have vvdckedly and shamefully endeavoured to destroy
their own country will not even be trusted by these
other nations, for fear they might treat the country
that receives them in the same manner. For all the
nations round us are governed by aristocracies, and
the plebeians in no state lay claim to an equal share
in the government
so that the leading men in
every state, who do not permit their own populace to
make any innovations, will doubtless never receive
this foreign and seditious multitude into their
country, lest, by permitting them to enjoy equal
;
;
and privileges, they themselves should one
day be deprived of their own position of equality.
But if I am mistaken after all, and any state should
receive them, they would thereupon reveal themselves as enemies and men deserving to be treated
as such.
We have, as hostages for them, their
parents, their wives, and the rest of their relations,
and better hostages we could not ask of the gods in
rights
our prayers
;
let us
place these in the sight of their
they dare to attack
relations, threatening,^ in case
The main verb of the sentence is corrupt in the Greek.
" let us threaten "
emendation means
that of
Kayser: "let us show (that we shall put them to death)";
that of Post " we shall strip them (giving the impression that
we intend to put them to death)."
1
Kiessling's
:
;
43
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
(hs rals eaxo-rais Ac6^ai?
avrovs, el rovro ixddoiev,
€V tare on X-qifjeade avri^oXovvras , 6Xo(f>vpo~
fxevovs, TTapaSiSovras o(f)ds avrovs rjfjuv 8t;^a raJv
Seival yap at toiottXcjov, airavra vrrofievovras.
atSe dvdyKai, ^ rravras rovs avddSetg Xoyt,cr[xovs
/cAaaat /cat Kara^aXeZv els ro p-iqhev.
aaiev
ofxoae
)(Uipelv,
hiaxp'^oofxevoi.
LXIII. "
koX
^I^r ixev Br) x^P''^ '^^^ ^'^ "^^^ (f>vydovK d^Lco 8e8t€vat ravr carl' ra
Scov TToXefjiov
8'
e/c
Tcbv dXXoeOvoJv (f)0^epd ov vvv irpuyrov
i^eraadrjoerai /xe;^/3t Xoyov roiavra ovra, aXXa
Kal TTporepov, ocra/ct? rjfxlv Trelpav eavrwv eScoKav,
iXdrrco rrjs Bo^rjs 8Le(f>dvrj. oaoL 8' ov^ LKavqv
TroAeco?
/cat
otovrat rrjv olKeiav SvvafJiiv rrjs
rfjSe fxdXiara oppojSovai rov TToXejiov, fiadero)-
2
aav
ye
ovx
t/cavcD?
avrrjs
dcfyeanqKoras
roits
fjadrjixevoi.
tcjv
ttoXltcov
npos
fiev
avriiTaXov
rcov depaTVOvnov
el ^ovXoi^eda
rovs dKfx,aiordrovs eXevdepcoaai.
Kpelrrov yap rrjv eXevdepiav ;)^aptCTaCT^ai rovrois ri
exovac 8e
rjyefjioviav vtt* eKeivcov d(f)aiped7Jvai.
e^ojxev,
;)^et/3a
eTTiXe^d/jLevoi
rivv
TToXepiiKiJjv
ep,TTeipiav
tKavrjV
TToXXdKLS rjpXv
Kara
rds arpareias. irpos Se
rovs e^ojOev TToXefilovs avroi re ;!^a>/)6o/x€v aTraarrj
rrpodvpiia /cat rovs TreXdras diravras eTraycofieda
Iva he Trpodvfxov ^
/cat rov B7]ixorLKOv ro irepiov.
irpos rovs dycovas, d<f)eaiv avro) ;^a/>tcrc6/A€^a rcov
3 TTapayevopuevoL
Xpecbv,
fiTj
Koivqv, dXXd /car'
dvBpa.
Bel rols Kaipols et^avras ixerpidaac,
^
44
Kal after avayKot deleted
purj
by Pflugk.
et
yap
ri
irpos rovs
BOOK
VI. 62, 5-63, 3
put them to death under the most ignominious
And once they understand this, be assured
you will find them resorting to entreaties and lamentations, and delivering themselves up to you unarmed,
and ready to submit to anything whatever. For
such natural ties have remarkable power to upset
all
arrogant calculations and bring them to
naught.
LXIII. " These are the reasons why I do not think
we should fear a war on the part of the fugitives.
As to the dangers from foreign nations, this is not
the first time those dangers will have been proved
to be such in words only, but even before this,
whenever they have given us the opportunity of
putting them to the test, they have been found less
And let those who
terrible than we apprehended.
believe our domestic forces to be inadequate and
dread war chiefly for this reason learn that they are
not sufficiently acquainted with them. So far indeed
as the seceders among the citizens are concerned,
we shall have an adequate force to cope with them
if we see fit to choose out the most vigorous of our
For it is better
slaves and give them their freedom.
to grant these their freedom than to be deprived of
our supremacy by the others. The slaves are
already possessed of sufficient military skill by
having attended us in many campaigns. Against
our foreign enemies let us not only march out ourselves with all possible alacrity, but let us take along
all our clients and such plebeians as remain
and in
order that they may be eager for the struggle, let us
grant them an abolition of their debts, not to all
collectively, but to each one individually.
For if
we must yield to the times and show some moderation,
us, to
tortures.
;
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DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
TToXefMiovs
aAAa
Twv
ttoXltcov rovT* earoj to fxerpiov,
Tovs <^lXovs, of? ovk avayKa.l,6p,€voi
vpo'5
ras
xapnas
iav
8e
OVK
Kal
ovar]£
hihovai
dXXrjs
ho^o^iev,
iinherj
aAAa
^orjdeias,
Treidoixevoi.
d)S
ravrqg
re €k tojv <f>povpLa)v
IxeraTTefiTTcoiJieda Kal roiis iv rat? dnoLKlais ai^a4 KaXdjfjiev. TOVTO 8' oaov iarl TrXrjdog Ik Trjg eyLKavrjs,
rovs
yiara y€vo[X€vrjs ripirjaecos fxaOelv pahiov dv etrj'
TpLOKalSeKa /xvpLaSes elal 'Pcop,aiojv rcov iv -q^r]
rerLjjLrjixevwv, c5v ovk du eirj p,epos e^Sofxov to
(fivyahiKov. ov ^ Xeyco Se ra? AaTivojv TptaKOVTa
TToAets", ai jLtera TToXXrjs evxrjs Se^aiv^' civ tovs
VTTep rjfjicov dydjvas hid to avyyeves, idv tprjcjiiOTjade avTOis laoTToXiTeiav p,6vov, '^s alel 8taTcXovai, Seofievai.
LXIV. " "0
Se TTavTcov ecrrt KpaTiOTOv iv tols
Kal ovT€ vfx,€ts avTol ^ ivedvpLijOriTe tto),
ovT€ TCi)v avjJi^ovXcDV ovBcls Aeyet, tovto npoadels TTavaofxai. ovSevos ovto) Set Tors' jxeXXovatv evTVx^s e^eit' to twv dyojvcov tcXos cos
dyaOdJv. tovtcuv
OTpaTriycov
tj
rjfjieTepa
fxev
TrXovTet ttoXls, at 8e tcuv dvTtTrdXojv aTTavil,ovaiv.
2 at ^kv ovv TToXvoxXovaai SwdfjieLS, otov Xd^coOLV
Tjyefxovas ovk ciSoTas dp-)(eLv, daxf}P'OvovaL Kal
nepi avTals (T(f)dXXovTai Ta TrAetaTa, Kal tooovto)
jjidXXov KaKOTTaOovoLv daa>TT€p dv [xei^ova €X(j^cnv
oyKov ^ ot 8' dya^ot oTpaTrjXdTai, Kdv fiLKpds
Xd^oiOL SwdfJiCLs, Ta)(€(x}s ttolovolv avTds fMeydXas.
TToXefioLS,
'
<LarT€ d)(pi,s
3
OVK
dv rjyeladai Svvafxevovs dvSpas
aTToprjoo/jLcv
Tajv
^
ov
€v-
TavTa Kal tojv epycov ttjs noXeajs
* avrol C
added by Beiske.
avro AB.
OvfMOVfievoL Srj
46
ey^ujixev,
dp)(€adai ^ovXop,evcov.
:
BOOK
VI. 63, 3-64, 3
not that moderation be extended towards such
of the citizens as are our enemies, but towards such
as are our friends, on whom we shall then seem to be
bestowing favours, not under compulsion, but as the
result of persuasion. And if still other assistance shall
be needed, this being thought insufficient, let us send
for the garrisons of the fortresses and recall the men
from the colonies. How large the nimiber of these
is may be easily learned from the last census, when
there were assessed 130,000 Romans of military age,
of which the fugitives would not make a seventh part.
I say nothing of the thirty cities of the Latin nation,
which would be only too glad to fight our battles by
reason of their kinship, if you would but grant them
equal rights of citizenship, which they have constantly sought.
LXIV. " But the greatest advantage in war is
one which neither you yourselves have yet thought
of nor any of your advisers mentions. This I will
add to those I have named, and then make an end.
There is nothing so essential to those who are to
have their wars crowned with success as good
In these our commonwealth is rich, while
generals.
there is a scarcity of them among our enemies.
For very numerous armies, when led by generals who
know not how to command, disgrace themselves and
bring about their own defeat as a rule, and the
larger their bulk is, the more liable they are to this
fate whereas good generals, even though the armies
they receive are small, soon make them large. Hence,
as long as we have generals able to command,
we shall never lack men ready to obey. Bearing
these things in mind, therefore, and recalling the
let
;
*
oyKov Hertlein
:
TTopov
O, ttovov Jacoby, op^Aov Smlt.
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DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
/xe/xvTyjLteVoi
fJbrjBev
raTreivov
dvd^Lov v[xa)v avrcov
epotro [M€, TTpdrrcLv ^
TraAai
icrcos
7Tp€ar^€iav
d(j>€aLv
ri ovv,
vfxlv rrapaiva)
;
yviovai
Tre'jLtTreiv
ijjrj(f)iaaadai
ayevvkg
/x.7^8'
ilj7](f)La7]ad€ .
arreySere.
rovrl
rig
yap
^
/xr^re
fjirjSeva
Trpos rovs dcfjearrjKora?,
tcov ^(pewv, pirjr
firjS'
el'
P''rjT€
d'AAo TToielv
6 TL B6^€i€v dv ^ofiov TeKfjL'qpLov elvaL /cat
idv 8e Karadefjuevot rd onXa KareXdcoGLV els rrjv ttoXiv Kal Trapdarxoicriv vpuv ^ovXevaaadai irepl a<f)d)v avrojv /ca^' rjav)(^iav, i^erdaavras rore ^ XPV^^'^'' P'^TpLOTrjrt Trpos avrovs,
etSoTtt? oTi TTOLV rd dvorjTov, dXXoJS re Kav o)(Xos
TTpos fi€v Tovs TaTTCtvoifs au^aSe? yiveaOai ^iXel,
fj,
Trpos 8e TOVS avddBeLS raTreivouCT^at."
LXV. Ilavaafievov 8e tov KAauStoy pLcydXr]
fjLTjBev
dfirjxoLVtaS'
Oopv^os i^aCcTLOs d^^pi ttoXXov )(^p6vov
to avvehpiov. ol fxev yap dpLOTOKparihoKovvT€S elvai /cat Ta St/catorepa Trpo Totv
/cat
cf)ojvrj
KareZ)(e
/cot
dSi/ccov olofievoL Setv' aKOTrelv ttj
TTpoaeTiOevTO
fiev
KpetTTOVi
TTJ
^ofxevovs
2
/cat
OTL
tovs
KAavhiov
yvoj/jir]
VTrdrovs rj^iovv pcdXtOTa
TTpoaxcoprjarac
^aaiXiKov
exovac
p^epihi,
to
hiaXoyi-
ttjs
dpx^js
Kparos, ov B-qjjLOTCKov el 8e fi-q ye, (f>vXdTT€i,v
avTovs taovs /cat firj KaTtaxvetv (x-qSeTcpav tcou
GTaaeajv, hiapidp,rjaap,evovs 8e Tas yvcofxas rcjv
avvehpcjv rats TrXeioai yvcofxaLS * (ttolx^lv. el 8e tovTOiV apL(l>OTepoiv vvepiSovTcs avTOKpdropas avTOVs
TTOLTjaovai
TCOV htaXvaecov, ovk eTrirpei/jeLv avTols eXeyov, dAA' ivavTicoaeaOat Trdarr) TTpodvp,i<^
by
Ti
*
' t6t€ Kiessling
Sylburg ravrl 0.
yvMyMis deleted by Cobet.
*
48
before -nparTeiv deleted
^
:
Sintenis.
:
tovs O.
BOOK
VI. 64, 3-65, 2
achievements of the commonwealth, vote for nothing
mean, ignoble, or unworthy of yourselves. What
course of action, then, if anyone should ask me, do
For this is what you have
I advise you to take ?
probably long been eager to know. My advice, then,
neither to send ambassadors to the seceders nor
to decree an abolition of their debts, nor to do anything else that might seem to betray fear or perBut if they lay down their arms, return to
plexity.
the city, and leave it to you to consult about them at
leisure, I advise you first to examine the situation
is
and then to treat them with moderation, knowing
you do that all senseless creatures, particularly
a rabble, behave themselves with arrogance toward
the meek and with meekness toward the arrogant."
LXV. When Claudius had done speaking, a great
clamour and prodigious tumult filled the senate-chamber for a long time. For those who were reputed to be
of the aristocratic party and thought they ought to
as
consider the more just course in preference to the
unjust concurred in the opinion of Claudius, and
asked the consuls preferably to join the better side,^
considering that the power of the magistracy they
held derived from the kings, not from the people;
but if they could not do this, then to keep themselves
neutral and not bring pressure to bear upon either
faction, but after counting the opinions of the senators,
And if they
to aUgn themselves with the majority.
scorned both these courses and themselves assumed
the sole power of concluding the accommodation,
they said they would not permit it, but would
^
This seems to have been the ancient term for the arisas may be seen from Theognis and other
tocratic party,
writers.
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DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
Xoyots r€,
i^rj,
o.v
o.xpi'9
;^/)c6jU-evot
Kal
ottXois,
orav avayKoiov yevrjrai'
rjv Se
tovto arl<^og
Kaprepov /cat ap^eSov dvacra rcov TrarpiKicov rj
veoTTjs
TavT7]s
€i)(€TO
TTpoaipeaecos.
Trjs
ol
8e
Memjviov re Kal Oua-
rrjs elprivris eTTidvpLOVVTGs rfj
Xepiov yvojjjurj TrpoaeKeivro Koi fjidXiara ol irpo^e^rjKores rals 'qXiKiais ivOvfiovfJievoi ras avp,(f>opas
oaai KaraXap,^dvovai tcls TrdAet? ck tcov €pi(f>vXicov
voXepicov .
Se rrjs Kpavyrjs ToJv vecuv
re ^iXorifJiov avrcjv v(f)opcofxevoL Kal rov e7n7ToXacrp,6v ov irroLovuro Kara
rd>v VTTarcov SeStoTe? a»S" ov Trpoaco )(€LpoKpaaLas
/cat
rrjs
i^r^TTcofievot,
ro
a/cocr/xtas',
ns
avroZg e'L^eiev, els SaKpva Kal
reXevroJvres erpdrrovro.
Aoi^riaavros Se rod dopv^ov Kal aicoTrrjs
iXivaojJievov, el
/jlij
Se'qaei.s rcov ivavrLovfievcov
LXVI.
yevofievrjs
orvv
avrovs
vrrarot
ol
n
hiaXe-xdevres
reXos
e^rjveyKav
" 'H/xet?,
roLovBe'
yvco[Jirjs
fj-ev
)(p6va)
c5
rrjs
^ovXrj,
^
Trpos
eavrojv
fxaXiara
rj^iovfiev aTravras" vp,ds opboyvajpLoveZv, dXXojs
re /cat ^ rrept Koivrjs acorrjpias ^ovXevofxevovs' el
Be pLrj, rots Trpea^vrepois vpicov etKeiv rovs
veiorepovs Kal purj (f)LXoveiKeZv , evdvpuovjxevovs on
KaKeivoLs els ravrrjv eXdovai rrjv rjXiKLav rrjs
larjs vrrdp^ei
rvyxdveiv np/qs rrapd rd)v eyyovoiv.
6pcbp.ev
S'
errel
oXedpLcordrrjv
els
rcov
epiv
vfids
dvdpcoTTLvcov
ipLTTeTTrcoKoras
voaoiv
Kal
^
ttoX-
avddSeiav o/xtAoucrai/ vp,a)v rois veois, vvv
^pa^v to XeuTTop-evov iari rrjs r}p,€pas Kal
OVK dv Svvairo reXos ev rovrcp Xa^elv rd ho^avra
Vfuv, aTTLT e/c rov avveSpiov els Se rov emovra
Xrjv rrjv
pikv eiret
1 Ti
*
SO
Ba
:
cTi
ABb,
aAAo)? T€ KoX Reiske
:
oAAws re Kal ravra 0, Jacoby.
:
BOOK
VI. 65, 2-66,
1
oppose them with the utmost vigour, with words as
they could, and, if it should prove necessary,
with arms.
These were a powerful group, and
almost all the young patricians adhered to this
policy.
But all the lovers of peace espoused the
far as
opinion of Menenius and Valerius, particularly those
who were advanced in years and remembered all the
calamities which come upon states as the result of
civil wars.
Nevertheless, being overborne by the
clamour and disorderly behaviour of the young men
and viewing with concern their spirit of rivalry and
fearing lest the insolence with which they treated
the consuls might come close to violence unless some
concession were made to them, they at last had
recourse to weeping and entreating their opponents.
LXVI. The tumult being appeased and silence
restored at last, the consuls after some consultation
together pronounced their decision, as follows
" As for us, senators, what we desired most was that
you should all be of one mind, particularly when you
were deliberating about the public safety
but if
that could not be, then we desired that the younger
;
senators should yield to the older men among you
and not contend with them, bearing in mind that
when they have come to the same age they will
receive the same deference from their juniors.
But since we observe that you have fallen into strife,
the most baneful of all human maladies, and that
the arrogance dwelling in the young men among you
is great, for the present, since the remaining part of
the day is short and there is not time for you to
reach a final decision, leave the senate-chamber and
go home ; and you will come to the next session more
'
Biicheler
:
iKireTrTWKOTas O, Jacoby.
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DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
avXXoyov
2
€XOVT€S
rj^ere /xeT/aictJTepoi yevo/xet'ot /cat yvcofias
dfjieivovs.
veiKov
veoLs
vfjuv,
8e Trapafxevel ^ to
ovre StKaaTOig ovre
el
fJ^ev
(f)iX6arvfj,-
^ovXois €TL rcbv avfji(f)€p6vrajv xPV^^H-^^^> ol^o. Kal
€1? TO XoLTTOV dv€ip^O[JLeV aVTOJV TTjV dKocrfXLav
vojjiw Ta^avTes dpidjxov ercDv ov
Serjcrei
tovs
PovXevcrovTas exeiv toIs Se Trpea^vTepois dtrooovTes Xoyov avdLs, idv firjSev crvfJi(f>epa>VTat rat?
yvwixais, Ta;^eta ttjv ^iXoveiKiav avTwv AJcro/xev
ohu), rjv diX€Lv6v ioTTiv vfjids TrpoaKovaai koI fxadetv.
3 lare St^ttoi; vojjlov rjpuv inrdp^ovTa, i^ ov njvSe
OlKOVjXeV TTJV TToXlV, TTaVTOiV clvaC KVpiaV TTjV
^ovXrjV, ttXtjv
dpxds aTroSet^ai
/cat
i^eveyKeiv
TToXejJLOv
Xvaaaoai'
tovtcov
e^etv TTjv e^ovaiav
rrapovTL
elp-qvrjs
ov^
Se
/cat
vofiovs
if/r}(f)Laai
tov avveoTCJTa /caratcov
Tpiwv tov Srjixov
-q
iprj(f>op
i7TL(f>€povTa.
CTepov tlvos t]
^ovXevofxeda, cSare ttoXXtj
vrrep
ev Se to)
TToXefjLov
/cat
dvdyKT]
tov
Tas iqfxeTdpas yvwfiag iltrj(f>ov
7Tapayy€iXavT€9 St) tw TrX-qdei
TTapeivai /cara TovSe tov vojxov els ttjv dyopdv,
S-fj^iov
CTTLKvpcjaai
4 y€v6p,€Vov Kvpiov.
eTTeihdv vfiets dTTohei^r]ade
l^ev
avTO)
aavT€S
irXeiovs
TTjv
Tas yvoipias, dnoSajcrodv pLoXiaTa vopilepiv vpiwv
6 tl 8' dv at
iprjcfiov,
dpdijvaL
ttjv
ovtcds
tov6' rjyrjGopLeOa Kvpiov.
a^toi he hriTTOv TavTTjs elal ttjs Tip,rjs Tvy^dveiv ol
hiapLevovTes evvoi ttj TToAei /cat p,eXXovTes Icroi/j7](f)iacL)VTai,
pLoipelv -qpuv
KaKcov re
dyaddjv."
SieXvaav tov avXe^rjs rjp.epaLS TrapayyelXai KcXevtois /cara tovs dypovs /cat to.
LXVII. Taura
Xoyov rat?
aavres
^
52
S'
arraai
Cobet
:
/cat
elTTovTes
irapafiivd B, rrapafifvoi B.
BOOK
VI. 66, 1-67,
1
moderate in spirit and with better counsels. But if
your contentiousness shall persist, we will no longer
make use of young men either as judges or counsellors
concerning what is advantageous, but for the future
shall restrain their disorderly behaviour by fixing a
legal age that senators must have reached. As to the
older members, we shall again give them an opporand if they do
tunity of delivering their opinions
not agree, we shall put an end to their strife by a
speedy method which it is better you should hear of
and learn beforehand. You are doubtless aware
that we have had a law, as long as we have inhabited
this city, by which the senate is invested with
sovereign power in everything except the appointing
of magistrates, the enacting of laws, and the declaring
or terminating of wars, and that the power of determining these three matters rests with the people, by
their votes. Now at the present time we are discussing nothing other than war or peace, so that there is
every necessity that the people should be given the
opportunity to vote and confirm our resolutions.
We shall therefore summon them to present themselves in the Forum pursuant to this law, and after
you have delivered your opinions, we shall take their
votes, believing this to be the best means of putting
an end to your strife and whatever the majority
of the people shall determine, we shall regard
that as valid. This honour, I presume, is deserved
by those who have remained loyal to the commonwealth and are to share both our good and bad
;
;
fortune."
LXVII. Having said this, they dismissed the
and during the following days they ordered
proclamation to be made that all who were in the
session
;
53
.
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
(f)povpLa rtapeZvai
els
ox^ov
fxearrjv
rcov
koI
avTTjv
TTjv
TjKeLV
oSaav
^ovXfj Trpoayopcvaavres
rfj
rjixepav,
rrjv
ttoXlv
i^rjTTwpLevas
TrarpLKLcov
eTreSrj
/cat
rc^v
Kare/xadov
rots'
yvcofiag
Se'qaecov
a?
eTTOLOVvro avv olfiajyij /cat oSvpfiu) narepes re /cat
rjfjiepcov
2
rwv
aTToararwv , rfj Kvpia rojv
rrjv
dyopav arevoxcopovfievqv €K TToAArj? eVt vvktos aTraaav o)(Xa) TravrohaTTCp.
/cat TrapeXdovres enl to lepov tov 'H<^atarov, evda rjv edos avrols ras eKKXrjaia? eTnreXelv,
TTpcoTOV fjiev eTTrjveaav rov Srj[jiov eirl rfj ottovStj
eireira
/cat irpodvpiia rrjg Kara TrXrjdo? a^i^ews'
TTapeKoXeaav eKhex^adai p.ed^ rjavxtas, eco? oiv
yevqrai ro Trpo^ovXevp-a rijs ^ovXijs' TOt? S'
vT]7na
TratSia
i^rjeaav
eirl
OLKeioLg rcov aTToararcov
dyadas
rrap'^vovv eAvriSa?
ov 8ia fxaKpov /co/xiov/xeVots' rd (f)iXrara,
/cat fierd rovro TrapeXdovres els ro avvehpiov avroi
re SieXexdrjaav CTTtet/cet? /cat [xerplovs Xoyovs, /cat
roijs dXXovs rj^Lovv xp'^^^rds /cat (f)LXavdpix)7TOVs dnoSeiKvvadai, yvojpias.
irpajrov 8e rcov dXXcov eKaXovv
TOV M.ev7]VLov OS dvaards rols avrols exprjoaro
XoyoLs ols /cat irporepov eirl rds StaAAayas rr]v
^ovXrjv TTapaKaXcov /cat yvcop,r]v d7Te(l)'qvaro rrjvavrrjv
d^icijv TTpea^eiav dTToareXXeiv -npos rovs d(f)ecrrr]Kor as 8ia rax^cov avroKpdropa rdJv BiaXXaycov
LXVIII. McTO, rovrov dviaravro KaXovpievoi
Kad 'qXiKiav ol rqv VTrariKrjv ecrx'rjKores dpx'^v,
e';]^etv,
(Ls
rfj Mevr^vtou XPV^^^'' Y^^H-V*
KadrJKev 6 Aoyos els rov "Amnov. 6 8'
avaaras", " 'Opco p-ev" €<f>r]a€v, " on /cat rots'
VTTarois earl Kexo-pi-opievov, c5 ^ovXij, Kal rots
ois
ecus
aTTaoLv ehoKei
^
^
54
rfo>s
Jacoby.
;
BOOK
VI. 67, 1-68, 1
country and in the fortresses should present themselves, and they gave notice to the senate to assemble
on the same day. When they found the city was
thronged with people and that the sentiments of
the patricians had yielded to the entreaties, tears and
lamentations both of the parents and infant children
of the seceders, they went on the appointed day to
the Forum, which was completely packed with a
concourse of all sorts of people who had been there
from far back in the night. And proceeding to
the temple of Vulcan, where it was customary for the
people to hold their assembles, they first commended
them for their alacrity and zeal in attending en
masse, and then advised them to wait quietly till the
preliminary decree of the senate should be passed
and they exhorted the kinsmen of the seceders to
entertain good hopes of getting back in a short
time those who were dearest to them. After that
they went to the senate-house, where they not only
themselves spoke with reasonableness and moderation, but also asked the rest to deliver opinions that
were expedient and humane. And ahead of all
the others they called upon Menenius, who, rising
up, spoke to the same effect as before, exhorting the
senate to make the accommodation, and expressed
the same opinion, asking that envoys should speedily
be sent to the seceders with full powers in regard to
the accommodation.
LXVIII. After him the others who had held the
office of consul, being called upon according to their
age, rose up and all favoured adopting the opinion
of Menenius, till it came to the turn of Appius to
speak. He, rising up, said: " I see, senators, that
it is the pleasure both of the consuls and of almost
55
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
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ottAoij."
*
56
KaraXfu/iU) rrjv rd^iv
B
:
KaTaX'^tpo^ai t'^v
yvaifjiTjv
R.
—
BOOK
VI. 68, 1-4
the rest of you to bring back the people upon their
and I alone am left of all those who
;
opposed the accommodation, with the result that I
continue to be hated by them and at the same time
am no longer of any use to you. Nevertheless, I
shall not on this account depart from my former
opinion nor willingly desert my post as a citizen;
but the more I am abandoned by those who formerly espoused the same sentiments, the more I
shall one day be esteemed by you; while I live, I
shall be praised by you, and when I am dead, I shall
be remembered by posterity. But do thou, Jupiter
Capitolinus, and ye guardian gods of our city, ye
heroes and divinities who keep watch over the land
of the Romans, grant that the return of the fugitives
may be honourable and advantageous to all, and that
I may be mistaken in my forebodings regarding the
But if any misfortune should come upon
future.
the commonwealth as a result of these measures
and this will soon be manifest may ye yourselves
speedily correct them and grant safety and security
And to me, who neither
to the commonwealth!
upon any other occasion ever chose to say the things
that were most agreeable instead of those that were
most profitable, nor am now betraying the state
while securing my own safety, may ye be favourable
and propitious These are the prayers I address to
the gods for speeches are of no further use. The
opinion I express is the same as before, namely,
to relieve of their debts the people who remain in the
city, but to make war upon the seceders with the
utmost vigour as long as they remain in arms."
all
own terms
—
!
;
*
Sylburg: d^eia^ai AB.
'^
rew? Jacoby.
57
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
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^
iv TOtis Ttavv XafnrpoTaTrjs Sintenis
Tarais O.
* tts Kiessling
^
58
He
is
:
oj O, Jacoby,
called
Nautes by
:
eV rais ttolvv Xafinpo-
om. Reiske.
Virgil,
Aen.
v. 704.
BOOK
VI. 69, 1-3
LXIX. Having said this, he ended. When the
opinions of the older senators agreed with that of
Menenius and it came to the turn of the younger
members to speak, the whole senate being on tip-toe
with suspense, Spurius Nautius rose up, the heir of a
most illustrious family. For Nautius,^ the founder
of the line, was one of those who took out the colony
with Aeneas, being a priest of Athena Polias ^ and
when he removed from Troy, he brought with him the
wooden statue of that goddess, which the family of
the Nautii guarded thereafter, receiving it in succession one from another.
This man was esteemed the
most illustrious of all the younger senators for his
own merits as well, and it was expected that he would
soon obtain the consulship. He began by making a
general defence of all the younger senators, declaring that neither a spirit of rivalry towards their
elders nor arrogance had induced them to adopt a
position opposed to that of the others at the last
meeting of the senate, and if they had committed any
error, it had been a mistake in judgment due to
their youth and in conclusion he said that they would
now give proof of this by changing their opinion.
They consented at any rate that the others, as men of
better judgment, should decree whatever they
thought most conducive to the welfare of the state,
assuring them that they, at least, would offer no
opposition in this matter, but would follow the advice
of their elders. And when all the other younger
members made the same declaration, except a very
small number who were related to Appius, the consuls
commended their dignified behaviour and exhorted
;
;
*
The epithet
IIoAias, like IIoAwwxos,
means " preserver of
the city."
59
,
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
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B om. R.
o Aaii^ctTijs is an error for Aavdros, or possibly Aavdrrjs (cf. v.
44, 1, where the genitive Aavdrov occurs). Kiessling assumed
a lacuna after i^i'os in this line, and another in the line below.
:
* llonXiov vlos
IIottAlos Iloarofiios Kiessling
VLOS TTOOTOVlllOS A, TTOTtAiOJ TTOaTOVfltOS B.
•
•
The cognomen should be either
Compare the similar error in v. 59, I.
*
Q>Xdovos
or
:
nonXlov
OAa/Soy.
KaiXcfiovravos Portus Kal voiyavTavos A, Kivofiivravos Ba,
Kai vofievravos Bb.
^ Sintenis
trporiyayov 0.
' avvdeadai after B'^fiu) deleted by Cobet.
*
:
:
6o
—
BOOK
VI. 69, 3-70,
1
to conduct themselves in the same manner in
after which they chose as envoys
public matters
ten men who were the most distinguished of the older
senators, all but one being former consuls. ^ Those
Agrippa Menenius
appointed were the following
Lanatus, the son of Gaius, Manius Valerius [VoluPublius Servihus
.,
sus], the son of Volusus,
Publius
son of Publius,
.,
[Priscus], the
Postumius Tubertus, the son of Quintus, Titus
Aebutius Flavus, the son of Titus, Servius Sulpicius
Camerinus, the son of Publius, Aulus Postumius Balbus, the son of Publius, and Aulus Verginius Caeli-
them
all
;
:
.
.
.
.
montanus, the son of Aulus. ^ After this, the senate
being dismissed, the consuls went to the assembly
of the people, and having ordered the decree of the
senate to be read, presented the envoys. And as
everyone desired to be informed of the instructions
which the senate had given them, the consuls
declared openly that they had ordered them to
reconcile the people to the patricians by any means
they could without fraud or deceit and to bring the
home
LXX. The
fugitives
structions
speedily.
envoys, having received these infrom the senate, went out of the city the
For chaps. 69, 3-86 c/. Livy ii. 32, 8-12.
In the Greek each name is given in the ofl&cial Roman
order ^aenomen, nomen, praenomen of father, cognomen.
The names of only eight of the ten envoys are preserved, and
two of these lack the cognomen. Kiessling's arrangement,
here followed, assumes only two lacunae in the Greek text,
each of them involving the loss of a cognomen and a complete
name. One of the missing names was probably T. Larcius
1
*
Flavus.
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